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New dioxins risk assessment planned, says EFSA
A new EFSA scientific statement reviews the different recommended safe levels of dioxins in food and feed. EFSA recommends and recently accepted a request from the European Commission...
Chemical contaminants
Dioxins and PCBs
29 May 2015
Perchlorate in fruit and vegetables opinion re-published
EFSA has re-published its scientific opinion on the risks to public health from perchlorate in food, particularly in fruit and vegetables. Adopted in September 2014, the opinion has...
Chemical contaminants
26 May 2015
EFSA to reopen opinion on perchlorate in fruit and vegetables
EFSA will re-examine its 2014 scientific opinion on perchlorate in food following confirmation that there was a technical error in the estimation of consumer exposure to perchlorate...
Chemical contaminants
23 January 2015
Acrylamide in food: consultation “will help refine EFSA opinion”
EFSA scientists have met to discuss some 100 comments with the contributors to a recent public consultation on acrylamide in food, a contaminant that forms in starchy foods as a...
Chemical contaminants
Acrylamide
11 December 2014
Acrylamide follow up meeting set for 10 December
Stakeholders and interested parties can register to attend a follow-up meeting to discuss comments received during the public consultation on EFSA’s draft scientific opinion on...
Chemical contaminants
Acrylamide
15 October 2014
Acrylamide in food is a public health concern, says EFSA draft
EFSA has confirmed previous evaluations that, based on animal studies, acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing cancer for consumers in all age groups....
Chemical contaminants
Acrylamide
1 July 2014
Mycotoxins in maize – urgent scientific advice for the Commission
Using data supplied by France, EFSA estimates that a temporary increase in the levels of three mycotoxins – deoxynivalenol, fumonisins and zearalenone – in maize and maize products is...
Chemical contaminants
Mycotoxins
22 May 2014
Brominated flame retardants – national monitoring requested by Commission
The European Commission has asked Member States to monitor the presence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in food over the next two years. The move is in response to EFSA’s...
Chemical contaminants
Brominated flame retardants
11 March 2014
Identifying chemical risks in the food chain: new framework proposed
EFSA has proposed a new process for identifying emerging chemical risks in the food and feed chain using a variety of databases that log the incidence of industrial chemicals and...
Contaminants in feed
Cross-cutting science
Chemical contaminants
Chemicals in food
5 February 2014
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