Outcome of a public consultation on the Draft Scientific Opinion on the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) on Dietary Reference Values for iodine

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the Draft Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for iodine, prepared by the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA Panel) and endorsed by the Panel for public consultation at its Plenary meeting on 12 December 2013. The written public consultation for this document was open from 15 January 2014 to 26 February 2014. EFSA received comments from 23 interested parties. EFSA Panels and Units were also invited to take part in the consultation; contributions were received from the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP). EFSA and its NDA Panel wish to thank all stakeholders for their contributions. The current report summarises the outcome of the public consultation, and includes a brief summary of the comments received and how the comments were addressed. The NDA Panel prepared an updated version of the Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for iodine taking into account the questions/comments received. The Opinion was discussed and adopted at the NDA Plenary meeting on 10 April 2014, and is published in the EFSA Journal.