PNR EST: ANSES continues to promote open access to data on the projects it finances
PNR EST : l’Anses poursuit l’ouverture des données sur les projets qu’elle finance
04/07/2025

PNR EST: ANSES continues to promote open access to data on the projects it finances

Facilitating access to research data and results is essential for the mobilisation of scientific knowledge. ANSES has recently launched a portal in the HAL open archive for publications relating to the projects funded by the National Research Programme for Environmental and Occupational Health (PNR EST). This supplements a series of actions aimed at opening up data from the research projects financed by the Agency.
Food safety: how science protects consumer health
Sécurité sanitaire des aliments : comment la science protège la santé des consommateurs
27/06/2025

Food safety: how science protects consumer health

From food production to consumption, ANSES provides scientific expertise to ensure that food is as safe as possible. This includes developing analytical methods, conducting studies on the safety of novel foods, and monitoring food poisoning incidents. On World Food Safety Day, discover seven concrete actions taken by our scientists to protect consumer health.
The caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics
Les capsules des bouteilles en verre contaminent les boissons avec des microplastiques
20/06/2025

The caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics

Microplastics are present in all beverages, but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons or cans. This was the surprising finding of a study conducted by the Boulogne-sur-Mer unit of the ANSES Laboratory for Food Safety. The scientists hypothesised that these plastic particles could come from the paint used on bottle caps. Water and wine are less affected than other beverages. These findings have highlighted a source of microplastics in drinks that manufacturers can easily take measures to address.
50 years of the Fougères Laboratory
Laboratoire de Fougères
19/06/2025

50 years of the Fougères Laboratory

Located in a livestock farming region at the heart of Brittany since 1975, the Fougères Laboratory has evolved to specialise in risks associated with veterinary medicinal products and chemical contaminants in food. Tahar Ait Ali, the Laboratory’s Director, tells us about its history and activities.
An innovative method to more accurately measure dietary exposure to arsenic
Une méthode innovante pour mieux mesurer l'exposition alimentaire à l'arsenic
23/05/2025

An innovative method to more accurately measure dietary exposure to arsenic

Some forms of arsenic are toxic and even carcinogenic. ANSES’s Laboratory for Food Safety has developed an innovative method that will enable their concentration in different foods to be more accurately measured. This breakthrough will enhance the assessment of consumer exposure and health risks.
Swine flu: how a new virus has taken over other genotypes in France
Grippe du porc : comment un nouveau virus a pris le dessus sur les autres lignées en France
07/05/2025

Swine flu: how a new virus has taken over other genotypes in France

In 2020, a new genotype of swine influenza virus, responsible for swine flu, emerged in France and quickly replaced certain previous strains. Scientists at ANSES’s Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory conducted a study to understand how this rapid change could have occurred. The emergence of a new genotype poses a risk to the health of pigs and humans alike.
Domestic fridge temperatures studied in Europe to better protect consumers
La température des réfrigérateurs des Européens étudiée pour mieux protéger les consommateurs
18/04/2025

Domestic fridge temperatures studied in Europe to better protect consumers

Scientists at ANSES’s Laboratory for Food Safety have reviewed the reference temperature used to calculate the use-by dates of ready-to-eat refrigerated foods. This temperature takes account of those actually observed in domestic refrigerators in 16 European countries. It was defined to prevent foodborne infections caused by pathogenic bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes .
ANSES’s role in limiting the spread of new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe
Nouveaux cas de fièvre aphteuse en Europe : l’Anses impliquée pour limiter la propagation
14/04/2025

ANSES’s role in limiting the spread of new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe

Since early 2025, outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been reported in Germany, and more recently in Hungary and Slovakia. We provide an update on this highly contagious disease and ANSES's role as the European Union Reference Laboratory, a mandate it shares with the Sciensano Institute in Belgium.
ANSES to coordinate Green Data for Health (GD4H) in support of environmental health
02/04/2025

ANSES to coordinate Green Data for Health (GD4H) in support of environmental health

On Wednesday 2 April 2025, a cooperation agreement was signed between the members of the Green Data for Health project (GD4H), entrusting ANSES with its coordination. GD4H brings together a community of French environmental health stakeholders, with the aim of facilitating the availability of environmental data and their cross-referencing with health data.
Six new European scientific projects on risks associated with food
6 projets scientifiques européens
06/03/2025

Six new European scientific projects on risks associated with food

Since late 2024, ANSES has been taking part in six new European projects, two of which it is coordinating. These projects, funded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as part of its "tailor-made" activities, are seeking to improve knowledge and the use of data on risks associated mainly with food. They will explore issues such as the risks associated with botulism, according to a One Health approach, and the use of artificial intelligence to analyse data in the field of food safety.

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