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Toidutarneahelas olevad saasteained

Toidutarneahelas olevate saasteainete teaduskomisjon (CONTAM-komisjon) annab teadusnõuandeid toidutarneahelas olevate saasteainete ja ebasoovitavate ainete kohta, näiteks looduslikud toksilised ained, mükotoksiinid ja loata ainete jäägid.

CONTAM-komisjoni liikmed on teadlased kogu Euroopast, kellel on eksperditeadmised järgmistes valdkondades:

  • keemia – orgaaniline, anorgaaniline, analüütiline keemia, toidu ja sööda töötlemine keemiliste saasteainete valdkonnas
  • kokkupuute hindamine – eelkõige on nõutavad eksperditeadmised seoses keemiliste saasteainetega toidu kaudu kokkupuute hindamisega, sealhulgas teadmised toidu tarbimise uuringutest
  • inimeste ja loomade toksikoloogia (kemikaalide riskihindamisel) – ainete imendumine, jaotumine, metabolism ja eritumine (toksikokineetika ja toksikodünaamika), subkrooniline ja krooniline toksilisus (korduvannuse süsteemse toksilisuse uuringud), genotoksilisus ja mutageensus, arengut ja paljunemisvõimet kahjustav toksiline toime, kantserogeensus, allergeensus ja immuuntoksilisus
  • toksikoloogilised uuringud katseloomadega – keemiliste saasteainete toksiliste toimete tõlgendamine põllumajandus- ja lemmikloomadel
  • epidemioloogia – mõju ja kokkupuute biomarkerid ning inimandmete tõlgendamine
  • statistika – annuse-reaktsiooni seose hindamine, nt võrdlusdoosi modelleerimine ja keerukate (epidemioloogiliste) andmekogumite analüüs
  • loomade toitumine – loomade kokkupuute hindamine

Teaduskomisjoni liikmed

CONTAM-komisjoni liikmed, 2018–2024

Teaduskomisjoni koosseis ja huvide deklaratsioonid.

Teaduskomisjoni endised liikmed

2015–2018

Esimees: Helle Katrine Knutse
Aseesimees: Lutz Edler; Christiane Vleminckx
Liikmed: Jan Alexander; Lars Barregard; Margherita Bignami; Beat Brüschweiler, alates juulist 2016; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael Dinovi; Bettina Grasl-Kraupp; Christer Hogstrand; Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Isabelle Oswald; Annette Petersen; Vera Maria Rogiers, kuni juunini 2016; Martin Rose; Alain-Claude Roudot; Tanja Schwerdtle; Guenter Vollmer; Heather Wallace

2012–2015

Esimees: Diane Benford
Aseesimees: Peter Fürst; Dieter Schrenk
Liikmed: Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael DiNovi; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Anne Katrine Lundebye; Laurentius Ron Hoogenboom; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Manfred Metzler; Antonio Mutti; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Michael O’Keeffe; Annette Petersen; Ivonne Rietjens, kuni maini 2014; Vittorio Silano, kuni juulini 2014; Hendrik van Loveren; Christiane Vleminckx; Pieter Wester

2009–2012

Esimees: Josef Schlatter
Aseesimees: Diane Benford; Rolaf van Leeuwen
Liikmed: Jan Alexander; Alan Boobis; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill, alates maist 2011; Jean-Pierre Cravedi; Alessandro di Domenico; Daniel Doerge; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Metka Filipic; Johanna Fink-Gremmels; Peter Fürst; Thierry Guérin; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Christopher Livesey, kuni juulini 2009; Miroslav Machala; Antonio Mutti; Martin Rose, alates maist 2011; Philippe Verger, kuni novembrini 2009

Teaduskomisjoni endiste liikmete huvide deklaratsioonid ja CV-d on kättesaadavad interestmanagement [at] efsa.europa.eu (taotluse) korral.

Working groups

Arsenic in food

BFRs in food

Delta-8-THC

Genotoxicity of beauvericin

Lectins

Perchlorate in food

SWG on feed detoxification

Closed working groups

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Acrylamide genotoxicity

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Acrylamide in Food

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Aflatoxins in food

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Alkaloids

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Ambrosia in Feed

Aspergillus toxins

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Brominated Flame Retardants

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Chlorate in Food

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Chlorinated Paraffins in food and feed

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Chromium and nickel

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Dioxins in food and feed

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Dioxins in food for children

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Ergot Alkaloids in feed

Erucic acid in food and feed

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Fumonisins in feed

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Furan in food

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Fusarium toxins

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Glycoalkaloids in food and feed

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Gossypol in whole cotton seed

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Grayanotoxins in certain honey

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Health-based guidance value (HBGV) for mycotoxins

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HMF in honey bees

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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in apricot kernels

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Masked mycotoxins in food and feed

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Maximum level of aflatoxins in peanuts

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Maximum levels (MLs) of deoxynivalenol in certain cereal products

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MCPD and glycidyl esters

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Meat inspection - contaminants

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Mercury in food

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Mineral hydrocarbons in food

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Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH) in food

Mycotoxins in feed

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Nickel in feed

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Nickel in food

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Nitrites and nitrates in feed

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Nitrofurans and their metabolites in food

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Nitrosamines in food

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Non-allowed pharmacologically active substances in food and feed and their reference points for action (2015-2018)

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Ochratoxin A (OTA) in feed

Ochratoxin A in food

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Opium alkaloids

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Perchlorate in food (2014)

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Perchlorate in food correcting opinion

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PFAS in food

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Phorbol esters in Jatropha kernel meal

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Plastic microparticles and nanoparticles

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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in feed and food

Previous cargoes

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Previous cargoes - re-evaluation

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Previous cargoes 2016

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Quinolizidine alkaloids in food and feed

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Reference Points for Action

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Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in milk and other products of animal origin

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TTX in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods

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WG on scallops

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Zearalenone in feed

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