EFSA Proposes Procedure to Identify Chemical Risks in Food/Feed Chains
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) yesterday proposed a new process for identifying emerging chemical risks in the food and feed chain using a variety of databases that log the incidence of industrial chemicals and environmental chemical contaminants in the European Union (EU). An EFSA statement said the framework would enable risk assessors to anticipate contamination of the food/feed chain by chemical hazards that have not yet been assessed by the EFSA or other similar bodies.
The EFSA also stated that it will soon launch a procurement to carry out a pilot study using the proposed approach.