The main page of the Portal was rewritten. The original page showed the topics independent of each other, although there exist relations between them. The current page now shows a short introduction of the current food safety system in which the various topics are included to set the stage. In this way the reader gets a better idea of the relevance of a topic. It was then decided also to change the navigation; all topics and tools are now included in a horizontal menu structure. The main number of this version was updated accordingly. The previous main page (Version 16.11) was moved to the Archive, for those who would still like to use that one.
A new page was included with relevant links to information on various food safety topic on the Internet. The current version includes Codex standards and EU regulations, and EFSA sources of information. Besides sources of HBGVs, and EU trainings on food safety are included.