OpenFoodTox: chemical hazards database 2025
OpenFoodTox: chemical hazards database 2025
- an open-source database of toxicological information
- a "one-click" tool for risk assessors, risk managers and stakeholders
OpenFoodTox provides chemical hazards data:
Substances - 7,880 chemical substances in the food/feed chain
| Food ingredients | Pesticides | Feed | Contaminants | Food contact materials | Nutrient sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,965 | 1,622 | 1535 | 595 | 503 | 320 |
Assessments - 2,603 scientific outputs published since 2002
| Food ingredients | Pesticides | Feed | Contaminants | Food contact materials | Nutrient sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 795 | 710 | 670 | 152 | 176 | 89 |
Looking up toxic effects and safe levels
- From over 45,682 toxicity studies
- Reference points
- Reference values
| Environmental fate & behaviour | Aquatic toxicology | Terrestrial ecotoxicology | Molecular (physico-chemical) | Human & animal health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 296 | 3,385 | 5,162 | 20,179 | 16,299 |
- developing future methods and tools as alternatives to animal testing.
- information on chemical characterisation, reference points (NOAEL, BMD, LD50, etc.) and reference values (ADI, TDI, PNEC, etc.)*, uncertainty factors, regulations and EFSA scientific outputs.
*reference points: No observed adverse effect level (NOAEL), benchmark dose (BMDL) limits, lethal doses/concentrations (LD50), etc. reference values: health-based guidance values such as acceptable/ tolerable daily intake (ADI/TDI), and environmental standards like predicted no effect concentration (PNEC)