This year marks the 10th anniversary of the General Food Law and the establishment of EFSA, a defining moment in food safety in which the European Union turned firmly towards science to point the way forward. To recognise this milestone, EFSA is today holding a joint conference with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) to review the Authority’s main achievements over the past decade and to look ahead to the challenges that it faces in the future.