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Efsa relies on industry experts to make assessments (Photo: Flickr.com)

No conflict of interest at EU food agency, director says

The head of the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa), Bernhard Url, has rebuffed allegations that his staff is too close to industry.

Speaking to MEPs in the budgetary control committee on Monday (20 January), he said he does not employ anybody from the food sector.

“People that are employed with industry are completely excluded from all the workthat Efsa does, so there is no possibility that people who are employed in the industry would ever be in a working group or a panel with...

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Efsa relies on industry experts to make assessments (Photo: Flickr.com)

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