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Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food

18-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of aflatoxins in food. The risk assessment was confined to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), AFB2, AFG1, AFG2 and AFM1. More than...

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Outcome of a public consultation on the draft risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food

18-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from interested parties on the draft scientific opinion on the risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food....

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Scientific Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR Panel) on the genotoxic potenti

18-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The Panel received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the genotoxic potential of triazine amine based on available information submitted by the applicants. Available information includes experimental...

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Risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food

18-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on the risks for animal and human health related to the presence of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food. The data for experimental animals were reviewed...

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Stakeholder workshop “Problem formulation for the environmental risk assessment of gene drive modified insects” (15 May 2019, B

17-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 Recent advances in molecular and synthetic biology are enabling the engineering of gene drives that spread genes of interest through interbreeding populations at a frequency greater than the rate expected by simple...

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance lavandulyl senecioate

17-03-2020

Published on: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Italy for the pesticide...

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Plant Health Newsletter: Media Monitoring No. 36

17-03-2020

Published on: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 No abstract available. © European Food Safety Authority, 2015 Plant Health Newsletter: Media Monitoring No. 36

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Safety assessment of the substance N,N‐bis(2‐hydroxyethyl)stearylamine partially esterified with saturated C16/C18 fatty acids,

17-03-2020

Published on: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of N,N‐bis(2‐hydroxyethyl)stearylamine partially esterified with saturated C16/C18 fatty acids (SABOFOG F1), FCM No...

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Safety assessment of the process Ltd. PolyER, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food

17-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Ltd. PolyER (EU register number RECYC175), which uses the Starlinger deCON technology. The input...

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Assessment of genetically modified maize MON 88017 for renewal authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EF

17-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 Following the submission of application EFSA‐GMO‐RX‐014 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Monsanto Company the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority was asked to...

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Re‐evaluation of acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mono‐ and diacetyltartaric acid, mixed acetic and tartar

17-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mono‐ and diacetyltartaric acids, mixed acetic and...

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Re‐evaluation of stearyl tartrate (E 483) as a food additive

17-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of stearyl tartrate (E 483) as a food additive. The previously evaluated toxicological studies were not...

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