On March 30, 2017, the European Food Safety Authority ("EFSA") published its Annual Activity Report presenting the outcomes and results of its 2016 activities. Among other items, the Report highlights the publication by EFSA of close to 500 scientific outputs in fields such as antimicrobial resistance, microplastics and nanoplastics in food, the reevaluation of food colors, novel foods, the cumulative risk assessment of pesticides, and the dietary reference values for vitamins. The report also highlights the introduction of EFSA's Strategy 2020, which translates the key priorities of EFSA's work into strategic objectives and illustrates how EFSA will face the opportunities and challenges of the coming years. The strategy also introduces EFSA's new mission statement "Trusted science for safe food," which is meant to reflect the essence of its work: providing independent scientific advice to EU risk managers to ensure safe food for European citizens.
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