Contaminanten in de voedselketen

Het panel voor contaminanten in de voedselketen (CONTAM) brengt wetenschappelijk advies uit over contaminanten in de voedselketen en ongewenste stoffen zoals natuurlijke toxische stoffen, mycotoxinen en residuen van niet-toegelaten stoffen.

De leden van het CONTAM-panel zijn wetenschappers uit heel Europa die deskundig zijn op het gebied van:

  • Chemie - organische, anorganische, analytische chemie, verwerking van levensmiddelen en diervoeders op het gebied van chemische contaminanten
  • Blootstellingsbeoordeling - er is deskundigheid vereist, vooral met betrekking tot de beoordeling van blootstelling aan chemische contaminanten via de voeding, met inbegrip van kennis over voedselconsumptieonderzoeken
  • geneeskundige en diergeneeskundige toxicologie (bij risicobeoordeling van chemische stoffen) - absorptie, distributie, metabolisme, excretie (ADME) van stoffen (toxicokinetiek en toxicodynamiek), subchronische en chronische toxiciteit (onderzoeken bij herhaalde toediening), genotoxiciteit en mutageniteit, ontwikkelings- en voortplantingstoxiciteit, carcinogeniteit, allergeniteit en immunotoxiciteit.
  • Toxicologische tests met proefdieren – interpretatie van toxische effecten van chemische contaminanten bij landbouwhuisdieren en gezelschapsdieren
  • Epidemiologie – biomarkers van de effecten en blootstelling en interpretatie van menselijke gegevens)
  • Statistiek – beoordeling van dosis-responseffecten, bv. benchmark-dosismodellering en analyse van complexe (epidemiologische) gegevensverzamelingen
  • Diervoeding – blootstellingsbeoordeling met betrekking tot dieren.

Panelleden

Leden CONTAM-panel, 2018-2024

Samenstelling van het panel en belangenverklaringen.

Panel composition before 2018
2015-2018

Chair: Helle Katrine Knutse
Vice-Chair: Lutz Edler; Christiane Vleminckx
Members: Jan Alexander; Lars Barregard; Margherita Bignami; Beat Brüschweiler, as of July 2016; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael Dinovi; Bettina Grasl-Kraupp; Christer Hogstrand; Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Isabelle Oswald; Annette Petersen; Vera Maria Rogiers, until June 2016; Martin Rose; Alain-Claude Roudot; Tanja Schwerdtle; Guenter Vollmer; Heather Wallace

2012-2015

Chair: Diane Benford
Vice-Chair: Peter Fürst; Dieter Schrenk
Members: Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael DiNovi; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Anne Katrine Lundebye; Laurentius Ron Hoogenboom; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Manfred Metzler; Antonio Mutti; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Michael O’Keeffe; Annette Petersen; Ivonne Rietjens, until May 2014; Vittorio Silano, until July 2014; Hendrik Van Loveren; Christiane Vleminckx; Pieter Wester

2009-2012

Chair: Josef Schlatter
Vice-Chair: Diane Benford; Rolaf van Leeuwen
Members: Jan Alexander; Alan Boobis; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill, as of May 2011; Jean-Pierre Cravedi; Alessandro di Domenico; Daniel Doerge; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Metka Filipic; Johanna Fink-Gremmels; Peter Fürst; Thierry Guérin; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Christopher Livesey, until July 2009; Miroslav Machala; Antonio Mutti; Martin Rose, as of May 2011; Philippe Verger, until November 2009

The Declarations of Interests and CVs of previous Panel members are available upon interestmanagement [at] efsa.europa.eu (request).

Working groups

Alternaria toxins in feed and food

BFRs in food

Capsaicin in foods

Conventionally Smoked Foods

Dioxins update

Enniatins and beauvericin in food and feed

Matrine and oxymatrine in food

Mercury

Micro- and Nanoplastics

Organophosphorus Flame Retardants (OPFRs) in food and drinking water

Phomopsins

Scallops

Semicarbazide in food

SWG on feed detoxification

Thebaine and Oripavine

Closed working groups

Information on working groups that have been inactive for more than 10 years can be requested by contacting us here.

3-MCPD update

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Acrylamide genotoxicity

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Aflatoxins in food

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Ambrosia in Feed

Arsenic in food

Chlorinated Paraffins in food and feed

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Delta-8-THC

Dioxins in food and feed

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Ergot Alkaloids in feed

Erucic acid in food and feed

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Fumonisins in feed

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Furan in food

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Fusarium toxins

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Genotoxicity of beauvericin

Glycoalkaloids in food and feed

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Gossypol in whole cotton seed

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Grayanotoxins in certain honey

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Health-based guidance value (HBGV) for mycotoxins

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HMF in honey bees

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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in apricot kernels

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Lectins

Maximum level of aflatoxins in peanuts

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MCPD and glycidyl esters

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Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH) in food

Mycotoxins in feed

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Nickel in food

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Nitrites and nitrates in feed

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Nitrofurans and their metabolites in food

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Nitrosamines in food

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Non-allowed pharmacologically active substances in food and feed and their reference points for action (2015-2018)

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Ochratoxin A (OTA) in feed

Ochratoxin A in food

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Opium alkaloids

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Perchlorate in food

PFAS in food

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Plastic microparticles and nanoparticles

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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in feed and food

Previous cargoes

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Previous cargoes 2016

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Quinolizidine alkaloids in food and feed

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TTX in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods

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WG on scallops

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Zearalenone in feed

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