Call for abstracts We are pleased to announce a call for abstract submissions for consideration at EFSA’s 25th Scientific Colloquium "A coordinated approach to assess the human health risks of micro- and nanoplastics in food". Call for abstract ...
EFSA organised a technical meeting with stakeholders of feed additive applications on 14-15 November in Parma. The overall aim of this technical meeting was to discuss questions on the scientific evaluation of applications related to feed additives. This ...
EFSA met with representatives from industry in the context of an ad-ho c meeting on smoke flavourings and flavourings other than substances for use in food and feed. The meeting provided an opportunity for an open discussion about the new requirements for ...
Background Food enzymes can be added to the EC list of authorised food enzymes only after their safety has been assessed by EFSA. The procedures for evaluation and authorisation of food enzymes are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008. EFSA’s Food In ...
Background EFSA is holding an information session with stakeholders to present the EFSA Guidance Document for predicting environmental concentrations of active substances of plant protection products and transformation products of these active substances ...
Background EFSA organised a web meeting with stakeholders to present its draft opinions on dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride. DRVs guide professionals on the amount of a nutrient needed to maintain health in otherwise healthy people. ...
Draft Agenda (207.73 KB) Event Report (427.09 KB) Presentations 01- EFSA- Binaglia- General intro and background (650.92 KB) 02- EFSA- R Bordajandi- Overview comments (760.19 KB) 03- EFSA- R Bordajandi- Methodology (845.96 KB) 04- EFSA- Horvath- Occurrenc ...
Background Human and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals (‘chemical mixtures’) poses a number of challenges to scientists, risk assessors and risk managers, particularly because of the complexity of the problem formulatio ...
In recent years the development of innovative tools in Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics (designated collectively as OMICs technologies) has opened up new possibilities for applications in scientific research and led to the availabili ...
Background This technical meeting was arranged to discuss EFSA’s draft protocol for the assessment of free sugars from all dietary sources, which is currently available for public consultation. The meeting focused on the methods for i) collecting data (i. ...
