EFSA’s OpenFoodTox database continues to grow. The latest update published on 7/13/21 by the European Food SafetyAuthority reports data collection on 5,500 chemicals potentially present in food and feed.
OpenFoodTox, the analysis of 5,500 chemicals
The chemicals catalogued belong to 5 categories
– food ingredients (2,650),
– pesticides (1,250),
– FEED (850),
– Environmental contaminants (400),
– food contact materials (MOCA or FCM).
All scientific opinions
Each chemical can be searched in the OpenFoodTox archive by name, common name (in English) and CAS number. What emerges is a compilation of scientific opinions-now 2,200-published by EFSA since its establishment in 2002, based on more than 11,400 toxicological studies.
All EFSA pronouncements are accompanied by the legislation that called for it and the DOI(Document Object Identifier) by which to trace the text in one click.
The NOAEL(No observed adverse effect level), BMDL(benchmark dose limits), LD50(lethal doses concentrations), and guideline values such as acceptable/tolerable daily intake (ADI/TDI) and no environmental effect concentration limit (PNEC) are also reported as reference points.
A tool for shared knowledge
OpenFoodTox is designed as a tool and a source of information for scientific advisory bodies and stakeholders interested in chemical risk assessment.
The database is accessible to anyone at this link.
Professional journalist since January 1995, he has worked for newspapers (Il Messaggero, Paese Sera, La Stampa) and periodicals (NumeroUno, Il Salvagente). She is the author of journalistic surveys on food, she has published the book "Reading labels to know what we eat".
