EFSA Journal

Achievements EFSA’s FEEDAP Panel

The inauguration of the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) early in 2003 coincided with the introduction of new and extensively revised legislation in the form of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 controlling the use of ...

Review of the Séralini et al. (2012) publication

On 19 September 2012, Séralini et al. published online in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology a publication describing a 2-year feeding study in rats investigating the health effects of genetically modified (GM) maize NK603 with and withou ...

Statement of EFSA on the possible risks for public and animal health from the contamination of the feed and food chain due to possible ash-fall following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific advice on the possible short-term risks for food and feed safety including drinking water, in the wake of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull ...

Risks for public health due to the presence of chlormequat in table grapes from India

No abstract available Keywords: Chlormequat, grapes, threshold residue, quaternary ammonium plant growth regulator doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1590 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2010-00790 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2010; 8(1):1590 Adopted: 22 April 2010 Co ...

Consolidated presentation of the joint Scientific Opinion of the GMO and BIOHAZ Panels on the "Use of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Plants” and the Scientific Opinion of the GMO Panel on “Consequences of the Opinion

No abstract available Keywords: Directive 2001/18/EC, Regulation 1829/2003, GMOs, GM plants, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance marker genes, safety, food safety, human health, environment, horizontal gene transfer, nptII, aadA. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009 ...

Potential risks for public health due to the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms

No abstract available Keywords: nicotine, wild mushrooms, cep, Boletus edulis, maximum residue level (MRL), Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, consumer risk assessment, acute reference dose (ARfD), acceptable daily intake (ADI) doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.286r Q ...

EFSA statement on the presence of 4-methylbenzophenone found in breakfast cereals

No abstract available Keywords: benzophenone, 4-methylbenzophenone, photoiniators, printing inks, cereals doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.243r Question Number: EFSA-Q-2009-410 Adopted: 4 March 2009 Type: Statement of EFSA ...

Statement of EFSA on the risks for public health due to the presence of dioxins in pork from Ireland

No abstract available Keywords: dioxins, pork and pork products, human health, body burden doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.911 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2008-777 Adopted: 10 December 2008 Type: Statement of EFSA ...

Statement of EFSA on a study associating bisphenol A with medical disorders

No abstract available Keywords: Bisphenol A, CAS no. 80-05-7, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, liver-enzyme abnormalities doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.838 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2008-702 Adopted: 22 October 2008 Type: Statement of EFSA ...

Statement of EFSA on risks for public health due to the presences of melamine in infant milk and other milk products in China

No abstract available Keywords: Melamine, composite food, exposure scenarios, Europe, health-based guidance value doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.807 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2008-695 Adopted: 24 September 2008 Type: Statement of EFSA ...

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