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Scientists appointed to Europe's new food safety body

The baton has been passed - and not too soon either. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has, at last, appointed the body of scientists charged with the responsibility of scientific assessment of food safety issues in Europe, previously the work...

FAO says BSE is no cause for panic

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) said in a statement this week that the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in Canada should not result in widespread hysteria in Europe and elsewhere.