The Guidelines provide practical guidance for food business operators, local health authorities and those involved in the production and marketing of raw milk and dairy products
The Guidelines provide practical guidance for food business operators, local health authorities and those involved in the production and marketing of raw milk and dairy products
The initiative, coordinated by the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, aims to promote a culture of communication about food risks
This is stated in the ICQRF 2025 Activity Report presented by the Central Inspectorate for Quality Assurance and Fraud Prevention in Agri-Food Products
The European Food Safety Authority has revised the acceptable daily intake to 0.014 milligrams per kilogram of body weight and the acute reference dose to 0.07 milligrams
FederBio expressed its appreciation for the commitment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and Undersecretary Luigi D’Eramo
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”
