The European Ombudsman has slammed the European Food Safety Authority for poorly assessing a potential conflict of interests affecting a former employee.
“Efsa should acknowledge that it failed to observe the relevant procedural rules and to carry out a sufficiently thorough assessment of the potential conflict of interests arising from the move of a former member of its staff to a biotechnology company,” the ombudsman Nikifouros Diamandouros wrote on 7 December.
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