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 ...
EFSA Scientific Colloquia aim to achieve a better understanding of the fundamental scientific issues in all areas of EFSA’s mission and are organised in a way to provide opportunity for an interactive exchange of expert views. To that end the Scientific C ...
Background Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 establishes the rules governing the Community authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and w ...
Experts from around the world gather to discuss emerging risks in plant health More than 100 international experts gathered in Parma on 9-10 June for an open scientific debate on key issues related to the identification of emerging risks in plant health. ...
This meeting, organised by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST), will focus on risk assessment, management and communication and discuss the role and main functions of EFSA. Speakers include Steingrímur Sigfússon, Iceland’s Minister for Agri ...
The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service hosts a conference entitled From Safer Food to Healthier Nutrition where views will be exchanged on nutrition-related diseases, and on strengthening the ability of public institutions to influence the eatin ...
Documents Intoduction The methodology for calculating the acute dietary exposure to pesticide residues in the context of MRL-setting was initially developed at two international meetings (WHO, 1997; FAO, 1999). Subsequently, the methodology was further de ...
About 60 participants attended a workshop on the updated EFSA guidance on the benchmark dose (BMD) approach, which took place in Brussels on 1-2 March 2017. Participants included representatives from food safety authorities across the EU, the European Med ...
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