EFSA and Evidence-based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC) hold joint colloquium on evidence integration in risk assessment; address systematic review methodology, meta-analysis of bias, qualitative and quantitative methods in evidence integration from multiple sources
EFSA: Dietary exposure to perchlorate
EFSA publishes assessment report on human dietary exposure to perchlorate; younger population shows higher exposure levels than older population
Call for more transparent chemical assessments
3 EU Member States request more transparency in industry studies as well as resources for ECHA and EFSA to undertake independent studies in case of inconsistencies
EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 11th meeting
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds eleventh meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online
Public consultations on new EFSA guidance
EFSA publishes outcome reports of public consultations on new guidance documents on biological relevance of data and weight of evidence approach in scientific assessments
EFSA: Systematic review of BPA literature
Scientists and research organizations comment on EFSA’s protocol for the safety reassessment of bisphenol A; full report on public consultation to be published end of 2017
New EFSA guidance documents for scientific assessments
EFSA’s Scientific Committee publishes new guidance on biological relevance of data and weight of evidence approach in scientific assessments
EFSA: Public consultation on genotoxicity
EFSA opens public consultation on draft opinion regarding genotoxicity evaluation of chemicals in food and feed; comments to be submitted by September 6, 2017
Progress on EDC guidance document
ECHA informs about current status of guidance document for identifying EDCs; public consultation on draft guidance will open after final adoption of EDC criteria by EU Parliament and Council
EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 18th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online