European Food and Safety Authority.

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

The branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.

A unique economic and political union between 27 European countries. The predecessor of the EU was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that countries that trade with one another become economically interdependent and so more likely to avoid conflict.