Science on the menu, a podcast by the European Food Safety Authority. Can you believe how time flies?

The end of the year festivities are just around the corner.

And for many of us across Europe, we know what this means, right?

That we are ready to prepare and savor the finest traditional dishes with our friends and loved ones.

I hope our listener will bring home joyful memories, maybe a slice or even two, of dessert,

but definitely not food poisoning as an unwanted present.

And that is why in this episode we will discuss the risks linked to food contamination

and how to make sure that

the delicious dishes that you share with your family and friends are also safe.

Hi everyone and welcome to Science on the Menu, the podcast discussing the science

behind safe food.

I am Barbara, head of the digital publishing team at EFSA, and I'm your host for today.

In this episode, we will discuss some of the most common diseases that we can unfortunately get from food and how to stay safe.

With me today is Valentina Rizzi, head of EFSA's biological monitoring team.

Benvenuta, Valentina. Thank you very much for inviting me. We're happy to have you. I really wanted

to ask you, as a first question, a slightly more personal one. What is the favorite part of your job?

My favorite part is to deal with

science first, to do the scientific part and not the administrative. But what I really like

is to have the opportunity to speak to many, many experts from other countries from all around

the European Union, but also outside, because this is the

occasion to learn from other people, not only scientific subject, but also different point

of view and different experience.

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