Outcome of a public consultation on the conclusions and recommendations of the EFSA–WHO workshop on the Threshold of Toxicological Concern approach
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Abstract
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and World Health Organization (WHO) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the Draft Conclusions and Recommendations of the expert workshop on the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) approach held in Brussels on 3-5 December 2014. The written public consultation for this document was open from 12 February to 12 April 2015. A total of 99 comments from 14 interested parties were received. EFSA and WHO wish to thank all stakeholders for their contributions. The current report summarises the outcome of the public consultation, and includes all the comments received. The relevant comments were addressed and were taken into consideration in the finalisation of the event report that is to be published at the same time as the present report.