Recent assessments of the risks to human health from dioxins and PCBs were performed by WHO (1998), EC Scientific Committee on Food, (SCF 2000 and 2001), WHO/FAO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA, 2002) and by various national authorities al ...
A variety of bacterial and fungal species are used in food and feed production. Some of these have a long history of safe use, while others may represent a putative risk for consumers. In order to capture important risk aspects without wasting resources o ...
EFSA Scientific Colloquium N°3 was held on 28-29 April 2005 in Brussels. This colloquium debated strategies that could lead to the establishment of a European food consumption data base to overcome current gaps existing in the EU. The Exposure Wor ...
EFSA’s 5th Science Colloquium was held on 21-22 March 2006 with over 60 participants to discuss the state-of-the-art of scientific approaches being the basis for the development of food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG). It became clear that the 1998 WHO/FA ...
EFSA’s 6th Science Colloquium was held on 13-14 July 2006 in Tabiano, Province of Parma and was attended by 100 participants. The participants agreed that the “state-of-the-art” of risk benefit assessment had advanced beyond the brainstorming stage and th ...
EFSA’s 7th scientific colloquium “Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticides to Human Health: the Way forward was held in Parma on 28 and 29 November 2006. It was attended by some 100 participants from nearly all Member States, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, US ...
EFSA has just issued a summary report on its recent scientific colloquium on nutrient profiles, the conditions concerning the nutrient content of foods which will soon govern which foods are allowed to carry nutrition and health claims in the EU. The Euro ...
On 6-7 December 2007, the 10th Scientific Colloquium organised by EFSA welcomed more than 80 experts in Parma to debate the assessment of risks posed by organisms harmful to plants and plant products. The Colloquium, organized by the EFSA’s Plant Health ...
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Eighty scientists from 22 countries, mainly from the European Union, and also Switzerland, the United States and Brazil, gathered at a scientific colloquium organised by EFSA in Tabiano near Parma, Italy, to debate the current state and future challenge ...
