Flash News – EFSA delays BPA opinion’s date again (to 2014)

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will launch a two-stage public consultation in July on an updated and extended assessment of exposure in Europe to bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used in food contact materials and in other products. The Authority’s last exposure assessment of BPA was in 2006 and this new assessment will mark a major … Continue reading Flash News – EFSA delays BPA opinion’s date again (to 2014)

Energy drinks consumption report

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

At the end of 2011 an external study was commissioned by EFSA to the Consortium Nomisma-Areté, with the objective of gathering consumption data for “energy” drinks (ED) in specific consumer groups (adults, adolescents and children) in EU). The study had also examined the co-consumption with alcohol, or consumption associated with intense physical exercise, and the total caffeine exposure of the … Continue reading Energy drinks consumption report