OpenFoodTox: chemical hazards database
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 ingredients | Pesticides | Feed | Contaminants | Food contact materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,666 | 1,320 | 986 | 397 | 343 |
Assessments - 2,435 scientific outputs published since 2002
| Food ingredients | Pesticides | Feed | Contaminants | Food contact materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685 | 666 | 619 | 131 | 176 |
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
| Human | Animals: Non Target | Animals: Target | Environment: Water | Environment: Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,187 | 3,098 | 479 | 3,294 | 2,640 |