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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Food Safety in the European Union: A Comparative Assessment Based on RASFF Notifications, Pesticide Residues, and Food Waste Indicators.

Radosław Wolniak, Wiesław Wes Grebski

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Radosław WolniakDepartment of Economics and Informatics, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0317-9811
Wiesław Wes GrebskiEngineering Faculty, Penn State Hazleton, Pennsylvania State University, 76 University Drive, Hazleton, PA 18202-8025, USA.

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Abstract

Guaranteeing food safety in the European Union (EU) is a continuing issue affected by diverse national traditions, regulatory power, and consumer culture. Despite the presence of a harmonized regulatory context, there continues to be variability in performance among the 27 member states. This study gives an extensive comparative evaluation of EU food safety based on three indicators: Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) alerts, pesticide maximum-residue-limit (MRL) violation, and per capita food loss. Fuzzy TOPSIS, K-means clustering, and scenario-based sensitivity tests are used to give an extensive appraisal of the performance of member states. Alarming differences are quoted as findings of significance. The highest number of RASFF notifications (212) and percentage of pesticide MRL non-compliance (1.5%) were reported in 2022 by Bulgaria, whereas the lowest values were reported by Estonia and Lithuania-15-20 RASFF notifications and less than 0.6% MRL violation rates. A statistically significant correlation (

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food governancefood safetyfood wastepesticide MRL exceedancesRASFF notificationsregulatory compliancesustainability initiatives

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PMCPMC12294240

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