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OpenFoodTox: chemical hazards database

Open FoodTox infographics 2023 update

OpenFoodTox: chemical hazards database

  • an open-source database of toxicological information
  • a "one-click" tool for risk assessors, risk managers and stakeholders

OpenFoodTox provides chemical hazards data:

Substances - 5,712 chemical substances in the food/feed chain

Food ingredientsPesticidesFeedContaminantsFood contact materials
2,6661,320986397343

 Assessments - 2,435 scientific outputs published since 2002

Food ingredientsPesticidesFeedContaminantsFood contact materials
685666619131176

Physico-chemical
16,611 database records for 969 substances collected from 605 EFSA outputs

Toxicokinetics/ADME
7,699 database records for 852 substances collected from 577 EFSA outputs

Use OpenFoodTox for:

  • Information on chemical characterisation, regulations, EFSA outputs, toxicity, reference points (NOAEL, BMD, LD50, etc.) and reference values (ADI, TDI, PNEC, etc.)*, uncertainty factors, EFSA scientific outputs
  • Developing future methods and tools as alternatives to animal testing

*reference points: No observed adverse effect level (NOAEL), benchmark dose (BMDL) limits, lethal doses/concentrations (LD50), etc. reference values: health-based guidance values such as acceptable/ tolerable daily intake (ADI/TDI), and environmental standards like predicted no effect concentration (PNEC)

Looking up toxic effects and safe levels

  • From over 11,698 toxicity studies
  • Reference points
  • Reference values
HumanAnimals: Non TargetAnimals: TargetEnvironment: WaterEnvironment: Soil
2,1873,0984793,2942,640

Visit EFSA’s Scientific Data Warehouse.

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