The European Commission (EC) asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for scientific assistance regarding the possible impact on human health of exposure to ammonium released from water filter cartridges. EFSA was asked whether a level of ammonium ...
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 ...
This guidance of the Scientific Committee, prepared on request of EFSA, describes the scientific rationale for a number of default values to be used in a harmonised way across EFSA Scientific Committee, Scientific Panels and Units; it also harmonises the ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the Scientific Committee developed principles and guidance for the establishment of protocols for 90-day whole food/feed studies in rodents. The guidance complements the OECD Test guideline 408 and provide ...
The European Food Safety Authority has developed a practical approach for assessing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain. Guidance is provided on: (i) the physico-chemical characterisatio ...
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 ...
In this opinion, EFSA’s Scientific Committee provides guidance on the scientific data needed to carry out a safety assessments of a botanical or a botanical preparation. It also proposes a two-tiered scientific approach for the safety assessment depending ...
No abstract available doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1150 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2005-232 Panel members at the time of adoption: Susan Barlow, Andrew Chesson, John D. Collins, Albert Flynn, Anthony Hardy, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Ada Knaap, Harry Kuiper, John-Chr ...
No abstract available doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1051 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2005-050Ba EFSA-Q-2005-00299 EFSA-Q-2005-00298 Panel members at the time of adoption: Susan Barlow, Andrew Chesson, John D. Collins, Albert Flynn, Anthony Hardy, Klaus Dieter J ...
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 ...