EFSA Journal

Risks for human health related to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey, tea, herbal infusions and food supplements

EFSA was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in honey, tea, herbal infusions and food supplements and to identify the PAs of relevance in t ...

Development and harmonisation of reliable sampling approaches for generation of data supporting GM plants risk assessment

No abstract available. Keywords: Theory of Sampling, TOS, data reliability, risk assessment, sampling bias, GM plants, representative sampling doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1226 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00904 Adopted: 18 April 2017 Contact: Claudi ...

Machine Learning Techniques applied in risk assessment related to food safety

No abstract available. Keywords: Machine Learning, MLTs, Extensive Literature Search, Decision Tree, Risk Assessment, Food Safety, Case studies doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1254 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00467 Adopted: 29 May 2017 Contact: amu@efs ...

Developing innovative in silico models with EFSA’s OpenFoodTox database

No abstract available. Keywords: In silico models; QSAR, toxicity, risk assessment, NOAEL, LD50, rat, bee, trout, VEGA doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1206 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2015-00170 Adopted: 31 March 2017 Last Updated: 14 July 2017 Contact: sc ...

Annual Report of preparatory work on the toxicological studies and animal feeding studies performed under the EFSA contract OC/EFSA/GMO/2014/01, Lot 2 during the period 1/3/2016 to 28/2/2017

No abstract available. Keywords: OC/EFSA/GMO/2014/01 Lot 2, GMO-toxicity, compliance doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1255 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2017-00407 Journal Number: EFSA Supporting publication 2017:EN-1255 Adopted: 30 May 2017 Contact: GMO@efsa ...

Literature review of baseline information to support the risk assessment of RNAi-based GM plants

No abstract available. Keywords: miRNA, RNAi, siRNA, Dicer, Argonaute, dsRNA, off-targeting doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1246 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2015-00258 Journal Number: EFSA Supporting publication 2017:EN-1246 Adopted: 16 May 2017 Contact: G ...

Risk assessment of information on the subcombination Bt11 × MIR162, related to the application of Syngenta (EFSA-GMO-DE-2009-66) for authorisation of food and feed containing, consisting and produced from genetically modified maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604

The EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) has previously assessed the single events Bt11, MIR162, MIR604 and GA21 as well as different stacked events corresponding to combinations of these events. These maize events were found to be as safe a ...

Software for benchmark dose modelling

No abstract available. Keywords: Benchmark dose modelling, BMDL-BMDU, Model-averaging, Proast, R doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1170 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00419 EFSA-Q-2016-00420 Adopted: 23 January 2017 Contact: amu@efsa.europa.eu On request fr ...

Bioaccumulation and toxicity of mineral oil hydrocarbons in rats- specificity of different subclasses of a broad mixture relevant for human dietary exposures

No abstract available. Keywords: mineral oil, MOSH, alkanes, accumulation, granuloma, liver, mixture doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1090 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00093 Adopted: 12 September 2016 Contact: biocontam@efsa.europa.eu On request from: E ...

Generation of occurrence data on citrinin in food

No abstract available. Keywords: citrinin, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, red yeast rice, cereals, juices, cereal-based products doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1177 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2015-00194 Adopted: 28 January 2017 Last Update ...

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