The 2025 report enabled an assessment to be made of the effectiveness of controls across individual segments of the supply chain, as well as the discrepancy – again, by supply chain segment – between the controls actually carried out and those planned
Last year, health checks carried out at Italian border control posts covered 48,480 consignments of animals, products of animal origin and animal feed, and 231,966 consignments of food of non-animal origin, plant-based feed, and materials and objects intended to come into contact with food, whilst the Veterinary Offices for EU Compliance reported 2,214,771 consignments of animals and products of animal origin. The percentage of consignments rejected was very low
These are multi-country outbreaks: the first involves Salmonella Stanley, whilst the second involves Salmonella Bovismorbificans. The assessments by EFSA and the ECDC
The award was presented during VTEC 2026, the international conference on research into Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli, using an integrated ‘One Health’ approach encompassing human, animal and environmental health
The value, determined by EFSA using the World Health Organisation’s 2022 toxic equivalency factors, is three times lower than the tolerable weekly intake established in 2018
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry has published Decree ref. no. 264637 of 3 June 2026. Among the new features is the possibility of setting up consortia dedicated to multiple geographical indications, including those belonging to different supply chains
This year’s theme, promoted by the WHO and FAO, is “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere”
The Ministry of Health’s report has been published. The samples primarily concern fruit and vegetables, cereals, oil and wine, meat, and milk and dairy products
Law 75/2026 on “sanctioning provisions for the protection of Italian food products” has been published in the Official Journal
The European Food Safety Authority has published the report on samples taken in 2024 through both random and targeted monitoring programmes
The Excellera Intelligence research “Food safety in Europe: the perception of Italian consumers” was presented at the Tetra Pak headquarters in Modena, as part of the National Made in Italy Day and the institutional debate on agri-food protection
Food crimes: amendments to the criminal code
What the “Lollobrigida Reform” entails: from the abolition of the crime of “Sale of non-genuine foodstuffs” to its replacement with the crime of “Food Fraud,” to the new crime of “Trading in foodstuffs with false markings”