TOX/2009/02 COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Food Surveillance Information Sheet: Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Chlorinated Paraffins in Food

TOX/2009/38 COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Methylglyoxal

COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Statement on potential risks from acrylamide in the diet of infants and young children

1. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is undertaking a review of scientific evidence that will inform the Government’s dietary recommendations for infants and young children. The SACN is examining the nutritional basis of the advice. The Committee on Toxicity in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) was asked to review the risks of toxicity from chemicals in the d...

Consumer Perceptions toward Genetically Modified Food Products: A Qualitative Study in Tehran

Background and Objectives: Currently, increases in population of the world increase supply and food demands. Production of transgenic plants is one of the relative achievements. The aim of this study was to describe the consumer perceptions towards transgenic products.  Materials & Methods: The study was carried out by sampling with the maximum diversity and participants enrolled until data sa...

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment Cot Statement on Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling

1. In February 2003 the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) hosted a workshop on physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling. The workshop comprised several presentations; these considered the use of PBPK models in risk assessment, requirements for PBPK models and parameters for incorporation of PBPK methods into risk assessment. Th...

COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Assessment of the adequacy of the 10-fold uncertainty factor to allow for interspecies variation in developmental toxicity

1. The COT first considered this topic at the December 2013 meeting. The approach taken in TOX/2013/42 was to generate a list of human developmental toxicants and to identify LOAELs for these substances in humans, rats and rabbits, and also for comparison, non-human primates. Human LOAELs were taken to be the lowest doses associated with cases of developmental toxicity in case reports, or were ...