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Conference on bee health: how research can contribute to risk assessment
EFSA is co-hosting with the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) a scientific conference on bee health focusing on the role of research in...
Bee health Cross-cutting science
14 November 2019
Public consultation: cumulative risk assessment of pesticides
EFSA is carrying out a public consultation on its pilot assessments of the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pesticides in food. Interested parties have until 15 November...
Pesticides Cross-cutting science
17 September 2019
FAQ: cumulative risk assessment of pesticides
? Why is EFSA working on cumulative risk assessment? Risks to consumers from the presence of pesticide residues in food are currently estimated substance by substance. However, a...
Pesticides Cross-cutting science
17 September 2019
Mixtures methodology equips EFSA for multiple chemicals
EFSA has developed a harmonised framework to use across its scientific panels when evaluating the potential "combined effects" of chemical mixtures in food and feed. The approach gives...
Methodology Cross-cutting science Chemical mixtures
25 March 2019
Public consultation: guidance on threshold of toxicological concern approach
EFSA has launched a public consultation on its proposed guidance for the use of the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) approach in food safety assessment. The document takes...
Cross-cutting science Threshold of toxicological concern
13 November 2018
Openfoodtox: over 300 substances added to EFSA chemical hazards database
EFSA’s OpenFoodTox database on chemical hazards now includes data on over 4,750 chemical substances following the addition of 321 substances. The database is also more accessible now...
Data Cross-cutting science Chemical mixtures
19 July 2018
New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed
EFSA has published its guidance on how to assess the safety of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications. The guidance gives practical...
Cross-cutting science Nanotechnology
4 July 2018
Bee health: data partnership a ‘milestone’ in European campaign
The establishment of the EU Bee Partnership could be a milestone in the fight to protect bees, the chair of the European Parliament’s Bee Week said at the conclusion of this year’s...
Cross-cutting science Bee health
29 June 2018
Emerging food safety issues: what do consumers want to know?
EFSA asked Europeans for their views on emerging risks in the food chain, and how they would like to be informed about them. We surveyed just over 6,200 consumers in 25 EU Member...
Cross-cutting science Emerging risks
18 April 2018

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