EFSA are reporting that they have updated the OpenFoodTox database to include data on over 4,750 chemical substances following the addition of 321 substances. EFSA have also updated over 1,816 health based guidance values (e.g. acceptable and tolerable daily intakes).
OpenFoodTox provides summary toxicological data used by EFSA for the setting of safe levels (reference points and reference values) of food and feed chemicals in humans, animals and the environment since EFSA’s creation in 2002. Since the database was first published in 2017, several key computer models have been developed for predicting toxicity of substance found in food and feed. Such tools can help to provide methods for risk assessment as alternatives to traditional toxicity studies using animals.