EFSA Journal on WileyForeword
No abstract available. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.e181114 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2020;18():e181114 Adopted: 7 September 2020 Type: Special Issue ...
EFSA Journal
EFSA publishes all its scientific outputs, including its scientific opinions, in the EFSA Journal. It also issues a range of supporting publications. See also Definitions of EFSA Scientific Outputs and Supporting Publications.
Integration of tools and social science into food safety risk assessments
The European Food Risk Assessment (EU‐FORA) Fellowship work programme ‘Integration of tools and social science into food safety risk assessments’ was proposed and delivered by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), UK. The Food Standards Agency is a non‐ministe ...
Introduction
No abstract available. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.e181115 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2020;18():e181115 Adopted: 7 September 2020 Type: Special Issue ...
Modelling and magnitude estimation of cross‐contamination in the kitchen for quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA)
In the kitchen of the consumer, two main transmission routes are relevant for quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA): the cross‐contamination route, where a pathogen on a food product may evade heating by transmission via hands, kitchen utens ...
Review of Potentially Toxic Rare Earth Elements, Thallium and Tellurium in Plant‐based Foods
In the last decades, there is an increasing inclusion of various trace metals and metalloids such as thallium, tellurium and rare earth elements (REEs; lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium) in the composition and production of alloys, in agricultural and me ...
Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products
Plastics are used ubiquitously and have become part of our everyday life. The global production of plastics is rising, which in consequence is leading to increasing amounts of plastics being released into the environment. Recently, the issue of human expo ...
Risk assessment of phthalates based on aggregated exposure from foods and personal care products and comparison with biomonitoring data
Phthalates are a group of diesters of phthalic acid and have been widely used by the industry as plasticisers giving flexibility and durability to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics. Commonly their uses vary from plasticisers in food contact materials and ...
Risk assessment regarding the use of Annona muricata in food supplements
The current risk assessment was performed in the context of the European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU‐FORA) supported by EFSA and was intended to evaluate possible health risks associated with the consumption of Annona muricata L. (Annona ...
Risk assessment related to food additives and food processing‐derived chemical contaminants exposure for the Portuguese population
The European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU‐FORA) is an initiative by EFSA, aimed at building scientific capacity in food safety risk assessment in the EU. Current paper reports on the activities of this fellow, undertaken in participation ...
Study of the different evaluation areas in the pesticide risk assessment process
Approval of active substances and authorisation of plant protection products in the EU is made based on a strict risk assessment of the agronomic use of the plant protection products. Regulation 1107/2009 regulates the procedure in the EU with complex pro ...