Food Safety

Global Experts Call for Harmonised Safety Assessments of Food Contact Materials

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Food Contact Materials (FCMs) play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and integrity of food products. However, regulatory requirements for FCMs vary significantly across different regions, posing challenges for global compliance and risk assessment. A new ILSI Europe paper addresses the areas for global harmonisation of risk assessment protocols for FCMs.  …

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Food Allergy Task Force releases overview on Quantitative Risk Assessment for food business operators

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ILSI Europe is proud to announce the release of the publication “Food Allergen Precautionary Labelling: A Risk-Based Approach – Overview for Food Business Operators,” developed by the Food Allergy Task Force. This concise and practical document aims to enhance understanding and application of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) in food allergen management. Aiming for safer, more …

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Harmonizing Food Safety terminology

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A new ILSI Europe paper addresses the ambiguity of chemical contaminants BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Chemical contaminants in food represent a significant challenge for risk assessment and management. Definitions and interpretations differ among regulatory bodies and stakeholders. This ambiguity arises from a lack of consensus on what constitutes a “food contaminant” and on the criteria that …

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Discover our 2025 Portfolio

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As we enter 2025, we’re thrilled to present our annual portfolio, highlighting key initiatives and engagement opportunities that will drive our mission of science-based guidance in the food sector. Building on last year’s enthusiastic response to our proposals, four new Task Forces developped their activity roadmap and are now ready to kick-off expert groups. They …

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Catalyse EU Project kick-off

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16 January 2024 We are excited to share that the CATALYSE project has officially started on 1 January 2024. The consortium of this new EU-funded project comprises 17 partners, including ILSI Europe. CATALYSE was selected as the best proposal on the call “HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-12: Thematic network ensuring food safety by translating research & innovation into practice”. …

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The first European Food Safety Forum paved the way for a Safer Food Future

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Brussels, December 21, 2023 – The first European Food Safety Forum, held on November 28 and 29, 2023 in Brussels, concluded with resounding success, gathering over 120 participants from across Europe. Food Safety stakeholders from science, policy and society convened to share ideas, create synergies, and shape the future of the European food safety system …

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Food Safety between sustainable development, interdisciplinary skills and risk communication

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The field of food safety requires a very wide interdisciplinary range of skills, since it covers the most varied categories of chemical and microbiological components combined with the most diverse supply chains, in an increasingly interconnected world. Chemicals range from natural field or storage contaminants such as mycotoxins (substances produced by fungi during the growth …

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