EFSA Scientific Colloquium No. 23 – Joint EFSA and Evidence Based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC) Colloquium Lisbon, Portugal, 25-26 October 2017 Leading scientists took part in a joint EFSA/EBTC scientific colloquium to explore future directions for evid ...
In recent years the development of innovative tools in Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics (designated collectively as OMICs technologies) has opened up new possibilities for applications in scientific research and led to the availabili ...
Background EFSA organised a web meeting with stakeholders to present its draft opinions on dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride. DRVs guide professionals on the amount of a nutrient needed to maintain health in otherwise healthy people. ...
EFSA met with representatives from industry in the context of an ad-ho c meeting on smoke flavourings and flavourings other than substances for use in food and feed. The meeting provided an opportunity for an open discussion about the new requirements for ...
Agenda Participants Report Agenda Day 1 Welcome and Apologies for absence Participants tour de table Adoption of the agenda Introduction to Relationship Management Project Presentation Introduction to the Notification of Studies Database Presentation Intr ...
Background On 30 January 2020, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) endorsed its draft scientific opinion on the risks to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food (EFSA-Q-2017-00549) for p ...
Background The EFSA GMO Panel published a guidance document on allergenicity assessment of GM plants in 2017 [1]. The topics addressed were IgE- and non-IgE-mediated adverse immune reactions to foods and risk assessment. For example, the role of in vitro ...
