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Advances in data modelling offer a more ethical alternative. Could we end animal tests?
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EFSA is calling on outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers to help us track the movements of wild mammals. When you see a species we are looking for, simply take a photo and upload it to our platform...
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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.
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Different audiences can better understand scientific uncertainties when expressions and communications formats are tailored to their needs. EFSA’s new and targeted approach to uncertainty...
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EFSA’s new approach to communicating scientific uncertainties was made possible by fusing the expertise of social scientists, natural scientists and communicators . The experts’ knowledge of social...
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EFSA has developed a harmonised approach to assessing and taking account of uncertainties in food safety, and animal and plant health. This approach will boost the transparency of the resulting...
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EFSA launched its OpenFoodTox database of chemical hazards in food and feed. The database is a rich source of toxicological information for risk assessment that can potentially support the reduction...
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EFSA’s approach for assessing substances found in food intended for infants below 16 weeks of age will further support EU decision-making on the safety of food for this age group. The guidance will...
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A new EFSA external scientific report is “a useful contribution to the scientific debate” on non-monotonic dose response (NMDR) results from toxicity studies, according to Prof Anthony Hardy, Chair of...
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METHODS FOR EVIDENCE USEin scientific assessments.
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Watch: Dealing with Uncertainty EFSA’s experts are to begin trialling draft guidance proposing a toolbox of methodologies for analysing, explaining and accounting for uncertainties in scientific...
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A new report is intended to further improve EFSA’s methods for dealing with data and evidence in its scientific assessments, and to shed new light on how the Authority develops its scientific outputs...