This technical report presents the outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for assessing exposure to sweeteners. It includes an overview of the comments received and the general responses from EFSA. The protocol was developed by the EFSA Pa ...
Bisphenol S (BPS) is currently authorised under Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 to be used as a monomer in plastic food contact materials (FCM)with a Specific Migration Limit (SML) of 0.05 mg/kg food.The European Commission (EC) asked EFSA to assess the impact ...
This technical report presents the outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for the hazard identification and characterisation of sweeteners.It includes an overview of the comments received and the general responses from EFSA. The protocol w ...
EFSA was requested by the European Commission to review and comment on the JECFA proposal to update its guideline on the evaluation of enzyme preparations used in the manufacture of foods. A comparison was made between the JECFA proposal and relevant EFSA ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids Panel(CEP Panel)'sdraft scientific opinio ...
Prior to being applied to the new bisphenol A (BPA) re‐evaluation, the study appraisal methodology described in the 2017 BPA hazard assessment protocol, i.e. the so‐called ‘2017 methodology’, was tested on a selection of studies that had been previously a ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from interested parties on questions asked to health professionals in the fields of nephrology, mineral metabolism, cardiovascular and nutrition medicine relevant ...
This guidance defines the process for handling applications on new or modified stunning methods and the parameters that will be assessed by the EFSA Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) Panel. The applications, received through the European Commission, should ...
The hazard assessment protocol to be used in the upcoming EFSA re-evaluation of Bisphenol A (BPA) has undergone a web-based public consultation from 30 June to 3 September 2017. Overall EFSA has received 151 comments from various interested parties includ ...
To ensure an efficient, transparent and methodologically rigorous re-assessment of the safety for consumers of bisphenol A (BPA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has undertaken the task to develop a protocol detailing a priori the approach and m ...