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Chemical hazards data and modelling boost
EFSA has updated its OpenFoodTox database which now includes toxicity data on almost 5,000 chemicals drawn from over 2,000 scientific evaluations carried out by EFSA since 2002....
Data
Alternatives to animal testing
27 March 2020
Revisiting EFSA@EXPO: beyond animal testing – reinventing chemical assessment
The safety assessment of chemicals is traditionally based on experimental animal tests. But society is increasingly resistant to this approach and the results are not always...
Alternatives to animal testing
Corporate
11 February 2016
Revisiting EFSA@EXPO: weighing evidence in an uncertain world
How should risk assessors integrate different types of scientific information (animal studies, human studies, literature reviews, computer models etc.), diverging scientific...
Uncertainty in scientific assessments
Alternatives to animal testing
Corporate
6 January 2016
EFSA’s Scientific Committee promotes alternatives to animal testing
EFSA’s Scientific Committee has underlined the importance of risk assessment approaches in the area of food and feed safety which not only minimise the use of experimental animals...
Alternatives to animal testing
Animal welfare
Cross-cutting science
8 June 2009
EFSA opinion on welfare of laboratory animals
The Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an Opinion on aspects of the biology and welfare of laboratory animals. The...
Alternatives to animal testing
Animal welfare
22 December 2005