Outcome of the public consultation on draft EFSA Statement on the derivation of Health‐Based Guidance Values (HBGVs) for regulated products that are also nutrients

The European Food Safety Authority carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft EFSA Statement on the derivation of Health‐Based Guidance Values (HBGVs) for regulated products that are also nutrients. The draft Statement was developed by the Scientific Committee's cross‐cutting Working Group on'Health Based Guidance Values (HBGV) nutrients and additives'and endorsed by the Scientific Committee for public consultation on 24 June 2020, during its 99th plenary meeting. The public consultation for this document was open from 15 July to 15 September 2020. During this period, EFSA received contributions from 14 interested parties belonging to different sectors (e.g. national authorities, public research institutes, NGOs, and industry associations). EFSA and its Scientific Committee wish to thank all the stakeholders for their contributions. This report presents the comments received and addressed after consideration by the Scientific Committee's cross‐cutting Working Group on ‘Health Based Guidance Values (HBGV) nutrients and additives’ and discussion at the Scientific Committee plenary meeting of 17 February 2021.

This publication is linked to the following EFSA Journal article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6479/full