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The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) maintains this website to enhance public access to information about food safety & quality and health & nutrition.

This information is:

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  • Not necessarily comprehensive or complete.
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When using this website, please keep the following in mind:

Our goal and duty are to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. It is also our goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors, however we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. EUFIC accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this website or any linked external websites.

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