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Contaminanti nella catena alimentare

Il gruppo di esperti scientifici sui contaminanti nella catena alimentare (CONTAM) fornisce consulenza scientifica sui contaminanti nella catena alimentare e sulle sostanze indesiderabili come sostanze tossiche naturali, micotossine e residui di sostanze non autorizzate.

I membri del gruppo scientifico CONTAM sono scienziati di tutta Europa competenti in:

  • Chimica: chimica organica, inorganica e analitica; trasformazione di alimenti e mangimi nel campo dei contaminanti chimici
  • Valutazione dell’esposizione: è necessaria comptenza soprattutto in relazione alla valutazione dell'esposizione alimentare di contaminanti chimici comprese conoscenze di sondaggi sui consumi di alimenti
  • Tossicologia umana e veterinaria ( nella valutazione del rischio da sostanze chimiche): assorbimento, distribuzione, metabolismo, escrezione (ADME) di sostanze (tossicocinetica e tossicodinamica), tossicità sub-cronica e cronica (studi a somministrazioni ripetute, genotossicità e mutagenicità, tossicità dello sviluppo e riproduttiva, cancerogenicità, allergenicità e immunotossicità.
  • Prove tossicologiche su animali da esperimento: interpretazione degli effetti tossici dei contaminanti chimici in animali da allevamento e da compagnia
  • Epidemiologia:biomarcatori degli effetti ed esposizione e interpretazione dei dati umani)
  • Statistica: valutazione degli effetti dose-risposta, ad esempio modellazione basata sulla dose di riferimento e analisi (epidemiologica) di insiemi di dati complessi
  • Alimentazione animale: valutazione dell’esposizione animale.

Panel Members

Membri del gruppo scientifico CONTAM, 2018-2024

Composizione del gruppo scientifico e dichiarazioni degli interessi.

Previous Panel Members

2015-2018

Presidente: Helle Katrine Knutse
Vice-presidente: Lutz Edler; Christiane Vleminckx
Membri: Jan Alexander; Lars Barregard; Margherita Bignami; Beat Brüschweiler, as of July 2016; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael Dinovi; Bettina Grasl-Kraupp; Christer Hogstrand; Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Isabelle Oswald; Annette Petersen; Vera Maria Rogiers, until June 2016; Martin Rose; Alain-Claude Roudot; Tanja Schwerdtle; Guenter Vollmer; Heather Wallace

2012-2015

Presidente: Diane Benford
Vice-presidente: Peter Fürst; Dieter Schrenk
Membri: Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill; Michael DiNovi; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Anne Katrine Lundebye; Laurentius Ron Hoogenboom; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Manfred Metzler; Antonio Mutti; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Michael O’Keeffe; Annette Petersen; Ivonne Rietjens, until May 2014; Vittorio Silano, until July 2014; Hendrik Van Loveren; Christiane Vleminckx; Pieter Wester

2009-2012

Presidente: Josef Schlatter
Vice-presidente: Diane Benford; Rolaf van Leeuwen
Membri: Jan Alexander; Alan Boobis; Sandra Ceccatelli; Bruce Cottrill, as of May 2011; Jean-Pierre Cravedi; Alessandro di Domenico; Daniel Doerge; Eugenia Dogliotti; Lutz Edler; Peter Farmer; Metka Filipic; Johanna Fink-Gremmels; Peter Fürst; Thierry Guérin; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Christopher Livesey, until July 2009; Miroslav Machala; Antonio Mutti; Martin Rose, as of May 2011; Philippe Verger, until November 2009

Le dichiarazioni degli interessi e i curricula dei membri pregressi sono disponibili su interestmanagement [at] efsa.europa.eu (richiesta).

Working groups

Arsenic in food

BFRs in food

Delta-8-THC

Genotoxicity of beauvericin

Lectins

Perchlorate in food

SWG on feed detoxification

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Acrylamide genotoxicity

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Acrylamide in Food

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Aflatoxins in food

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Alkaloids

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Ambrosia in Feed

Aspergillus toxins

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Brominated Flame Retardants

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Chlorate in Food

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Chlorinated Paraffins in food and feed

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Chromium and nickel

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Dioxins in food and feed

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Dioxins in food for children

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Ergot Alkaloids in feed

Erucic acid in food and feed

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Fumonisins in feed

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Furan in food

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Fusarium toxins

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Glycoalkaloids in food and feed

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Gossypol in whole cotton seed

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Grayanotoxins in certain honey

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Health-based guidance value (HBGV) for mycotoxins

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HMF in honey bees

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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in apricot kernels

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Masked mycotoxins in food and feed

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Maximum level of aflatoxins in peanuts

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Maximum levels (MLs) of deoxynivalenol in certain cereal products

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MCPD and glycidyl esters

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Meat inspection - contaminants

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Mercury in food

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Mineral hydrocarbons in food

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Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH) in food

Mycotoxins in feed

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Nickel in feed

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Nickel in food

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Nitrites and nitrates in feed

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Nitrofurans and their metabolites in food

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Nitrosamines in food

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Non-allowed pharmacologically active substances in food and feed and their reference points for action (2015-2018)

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Ochratoxin A (OTA) in feed

Ochratoxin A in food

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Opium alkaloids

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Perchlorate in food

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Perchlorate in food correcting opinion

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PFAS in food

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Phorbol esters in Jatropha kernel meal

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Plastic microparticles and nanoparticles

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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in feed and food

Previous cargoes

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Previous cargoes - re-evaluation

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Previous cargoes 2016

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Quinolizidine alkaloids in food and feed

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Reference Points for Action

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Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in milk and other products of animal origin

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TTX in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods

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WG on scallops

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Zearalenone in feed

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