EFSA Journal

Guidance on risk assessment of the application of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain: Part 1, human and animal health

The European Food Safety Authority has produced this Guidance on human and animal health aspects (Part 1) of the risk assessment of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications in the food and feed chain. It covers the application areas within EFSA's ...

Machine learning techniques for the automation of literature reviews and systematic reviews in EFSA

This Report presents the results from EFSA project RC/EFSA/AMU/2016/01 related to the implementation of machine learning techniques for literature reviews and systematic reviews in EFSA. An overview of the different steps of a systematic review is provide ...

Third report on the update and maintenance of EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database

The present document is a summary of the update and maintenance of the EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database that has been established few years ago to map the hazard data as collected from the EFSA opinions, statements and conclusions; more specifically ...

Summary Report of Joint VKM and EFSA Symposium on risk assessment and risk management cooperation on environmental protection goals

No abstract available. Keywords: protection goals, environmental risk assessment, biodiversity, ecosystem services, plant protection products, genetically modified organisms, invasive alien organisms doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1405 Question Number: E ...

EU Insights – Consumer perceptions of emerging risks in the food chain

No abstract available. Keywords: emerging risks, uncertainty, ambiguity, communication, risk perception doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1394 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2018-00227 Adopted: 11 April 2018 Contact: scer@efsa.europa.eu On request from: EFSA Ty ...

Extensive literature search for studies related to fumonisins and their modified forms

No abstract available. Keywords: fumonisins, toxicity, occurrence in food and feed, chemistry, extensive literature search doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1148 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00366 Adopted: 2 December 2016 Contact: biocontam@efsa.europa.eu ...

OC/EFSA/SCER/2014/02-Lot 1 “Specialised training courses on certain aspects of food safety risk assessment for members of EFSA's Scientific Committee/Panels and their working groups, open to EFSA staff” –final report

No abstract available. Keywords: Finalreport, Training course, Environmental Risk Assessment, Addressing uncertainty in EFSA’s scientific assessments doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1346 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00892 Adopted: 27 October 2017 Contact ...

OC/EFSA/SCER/2014/02-Lot 2 “Specialised training courses on certain aspects of food safety risk assessment for members of EFSA's Scientific Committee/Panels and their working groups, open to EFSA staff” –final report

No abstract available. Keywords: Benchmark Dose Approach, BMD,PROAST, BMDS, QSAR, Computational Toxicology, Read Across, Threshold of Toxicological Concern, TTC, OECD QSAR Toolbox doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1347 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00893 Ado ...

Identifying and collecting relevant literature related to the oral toxicity of furan and its methyl analogues, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran

No abstract available. Keywords: Furan, 2-methylfuran, 3-methylfuran, oral toxicity, extensive literature search doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1066 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00363 Adopted: 1 July 2016 Contact: contam@efsa.europa.eu On request from: ...

Proposal of a multi-annual (2017-2020) training package that addresses EFSA crisis preparedness needs

No abstract available. Keywords: food safety, crisis preparedness training, crisis communications doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1279 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2017-00612 Adopted: 1 August 2017 Contact: sc.secretariat@efsa.europa.eu On request from: EFS ...

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