National Food Institute of Denmark maintains its assessment of bisphenol A
After having examined the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA’s new health assessment of bisphenol A, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, maintains its assessment of the…
February 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: european-food, maintains-its, national, new-health, oncalldiets, safety, technical, technical-university
Aspartame ‘safe’ at current levels, says European food regulator
In a rigorous review of both animal and human studies on aspartame and its breakdown products, the European Food Safety Authority concludes that the artificial sweetener is safe for human consumption at current acceptable daily intake levels.Dr.
December 11, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: artificial, both-animal, current-acceptable, daily-intake, european, european-food, human-consumption, its-breakdown, nutrition / diet, onsumption-at-current, rigorous-review, safety, safety-authority, studies-on-aspartame, the-artificial
EFSA Issues Advice To Mitigate Risks From Possible Exposure To STEC In Vegetables
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its fast track risk assessment on consumer exposure to STEC/VTEC (Shiga toxin or verotoxin producing E.coli) through the consumption of raw vegetables and provided advice on options to mitigate the risks of possible food contamination and human infection…
June 9, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advice-on-options, assessment-on-consumer, consumption, european-food, its-fast, oncalldietitian.com, possible-food, safety, safety-authority, stec, through-the-consumption, toxin-or-verotoxin
EFSA Launches Updated Guidance For Food And Feed Risk Assessment Of GM Plants
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published updated guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from genetically modified (GM) plants. The document expands on previous EFSA guidance and reflects the latest scientific developments in areas such as assessment of allergenicity and selection of the comparator plant against which the GM plant is compared…
May 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: comparator, diet, european, european-food, feed-derived, genetically-modified, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, risk, risk-assessment, safety, such-as-assessment, the-comparator