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Integration of computational tools, data analysis and social science into food safety risk assessment

01-12-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 The EU‐FORA Fellowship Programme ‘Integration of tools and social science into food safety risk assessments’ was proposed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the government department responsible for food safety...

Risk assessment of phthalates based on aggregated exposure from foods and personal care products and comparison with biomonitor

01-12-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 Phthalates are a group of diesters of phthalic acid and have been widely used by the industry as plasticisers giving flexibility and durability to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics. Commonly their uses vary from...

Review of Potentially Toxic Rare Earth Elements, Thallium and Tellurium in Plant‐based Foods

01-12-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 In the last decades, there is an increasing inclusion of various trace metals and metalloids such as thallium, tellurium and rare earth elements (REEs; lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium) in the composition and...

Training in tools to develop Quantitative Risk Assessment using Spanish ready‐to‐eat food examples

01-12-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 Unsafe food poses global health threats, potentially endangering consumers. The great majority of people will experience a food‐borne disease at some point in their lives. Ready‐to‐eat (RTE) food is the one...

Introduction

01-12-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 No abstract available. © European Food Safety Authority, 2015 Introduction

Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for sodium 5‐nitroguaiacolate, sodium o‐nitrophenolate and sodium p‐nitroph

01-12-2020

Published on: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Asahi Chemical Europe s.r.o. submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to modify the existing maximum residue levels...

Applicability of the EFSA Opinion on site‐directed nucleases type 3 for the safety assessment of plants developed using site‐di

01-12-2020

Published on: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) to assess whether section 4 (hazard identification) and the conclusions of EFSA's Scientific opinion on the risk assessment of...

Avian influenza overview – update on 19 November 2020, EU/EEA and the UK

01-12-2020

Published on: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 Since 16 October 2020, outbreaks ofhighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruseshavebeen reported inseveral EU/EEAcountries –Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Swedenas well asin the...

Livestock Health and Food Chain Risk Assessment

30-11-2020

Published on: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 The EUropean FOod Risk Assessment (EU‐FORA) Fellowship work programme ‘Livestock Health and Food Chain Risk Assessment’, funded by EFSA was proposed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK. A scientist...

Identification of risk factors and hotspots of antibiotic resistance along the food chain using next‐generation sequencing

30-11-2020

Published on: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered to be very alarming following an upward trend and thus posing a primary threat to public health. AMR has tremendous adverse effects on humans, farm animals,...

Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

30-11-2020

Published on: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 Food contact materials (FCM) can contain chemicals that could migrate from the material itself to the foodstuff posing health concerns if ingested in non‐safe quantities by the consumer. FCM include containers,...

Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products

30-11-2020

Published on: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 Plastics are used ubiquitously and have become part of our everyday life. The global production of plastics is rising, which in consequence is leading to increasing amounts of plastics being released into the...

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Integration of computational tools, data analysis and social science into food safety risk assessment

Risk assessment of phthalates based on aggregated exposure from foods and personal care products and comparison with biomonitor

Review of Potentially Toxic Rare Earth Elements, Thallium and Tellurium in Plant‐based Foods

Training in tools to develop Quantitative Risk Assessment using Spanish ready‐to‐eat food examples

Introduction

Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for sodium 5‐nitroguaiacolate, sodium o‐nitrophenolate and sodium p‐nitroph

Applicability of the EFSA Opinion on site‐directed nucleases type 3 for the safety assessment of plants developed using site‐di

Avian influenza overview – update on 19 November 2020, EU/EEA and the UK

Livestock Health and Food Chain Risk Assessment

Identification of risk factors and hotspots of antibiotic resistance along the food chain using next‐generation sequencing

Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products

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