EFSA publishes all its scientific outputs, including its scientific opinions, in the EFSA Journal. It also issues a range of supporting publications. See also Definitions of EFSA Scientific Outputs and Supporting Publications.
The EFSA Scientific Committee addressed in this document the peculiarities related to the genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures. The EFSA Scientific Committee suggests that first a mixture should be chemically characterised as far as possible. Alth ...
In evidence‐based scientific assessments, evidence synthesis is the step that occurs after collecting the data relevant to a clearly formulated research question and appraising the validity of the studies selected for the assessment, according to structur ...
EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion regarding the effect on public health of a possible increase of the maximum level (ML) for ‘aflatoxin total’ (AFT; sum of aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1 and aflatoxin G2) from 4 to 10 μg/kg in peanu ...
No abstract available. Keywords: apiculture, bee health, collaboration, partnership, stakeholder engagement, sustainable pollination doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1299 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2017-00596 Adopted: 20 September 2017 Type: Event report ...
The European Commission asked EFSA to assess information provided by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, on the toxicity of free gossypol in relation to the use of whole cotton seed in feed for ruminants, in particular dairy cows, a ...
EFSA was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in honey, tea, herbal infusions and food supplements and to identify the PAs of relevance in t ...
No abstract available. Keywords: Emerging risks, approaches, methodologies, networking doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1269 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2017-00386 Adopted: 17 July 2017 Type: Event report ...
No abstract available. Keywords: epigenetics, scientific colloquium, risk assessment, DNA methylation, histone acetylation, non-coding RNA doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1129 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00555 Adopted: 23 November 2016 Type: Event repo ...
Following a request from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the EFSA Panel for Contaminants in the Food Chain was asked to deliver a statement on the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, with particular focus on seafood ...
No abstract available. Keywords: Threshold of Toxicological Concern, TTC, safety assessment, low exposure, chemicals, unintended chemicals, health risk. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1006 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00080 Adopted: 16 February 2016 Typ ...
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