Mar 28th, 2023
2 mins
Following a mandate from the European Commission, EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) are now calling for all available data on the occurrence of chemical contaminants in food and feed.
National food authorities, research institutions, academia, food business operators and other stakeholders are invited to submit data on occurrence of contaminants with a focus on the substances and related substances on the non-exhaustive list here. This list includes process contaminants such as acrylamide and 3-MCPD, organic contaminants such as dioxins, mycotoxins, plant toxins and phthalates.
The deadline for the complete transmission of all data is 30th June 2023. Data received after this date is unlikely to be considered in the ongoing scientific opinions but will be retained in the database for possible future scientific assessments.
The last two months, period of 1 July – 31 August is set for the data validation and data acceptance in EFSA Scientific Data Warehouse (sDWH). Therefore, DCF will be maintained open until 31 August 2023.
You can find more detail here.
