The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet, NFSA), assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42544
Tor A. Strand, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Sigrun Henjum, Martinus Løvik, Tonje Holte Stea & Kristin Holvik·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), evaluated the intake of copper in the Norwegian population in relation to tolerable upper intake levels (UL...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42531
Martinus Løvik, Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Sigrun Henjum, Tonje Holte Stea, Tor A. Strand, Christine Louise Parr & Kristin Holvik·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), evaluated the intake of chromium. VKM has also conducted scenario calculations to illustrate the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42532
Margaretha Haugen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Livar Frøyland, Sigrun Henjum, Martinus Løvik, Tonje Holte Stea, Tor A. Strand & Kristin Holvik·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), evaluated the intake of phosphorus in the Norwegian population. VKM has also conducted scenario calculation...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42533
Margaretha Haugen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Livar Frøyland, Sigrun Henjum, Martinus Løvik, Tonje Holte Stea, Tor A. Strand & Kristin Holvik·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), evaluated the intake of potassium in the Norwegian population. VKM has also evaluated the consequences of a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42534
Aims: This study was conducted to detect the presence of oxytetracycline residues in table eggs in Khartoum State and to compare its level with the international acceptable maximum residue limits (MRLs). Study Design: One hundred and eighty table egg samples were randomly collect...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39827
Janneche Utne Skåre, Heidi Amlund, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Christiane Kruse Fæste, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Christopher Owen Miles, Anders Ruus & Cathrine Thomsen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority: The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested a statement from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) on the dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the Norwegian population. VKM was asked to comment on...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42107
Åshild Andreassen, Anne Marie Bakke, Olavi Junttila, Arne Mikalsen, Ville Erling Sipinen, Rose Vikse, Per Brandtzæg, Knut Helkås Dalen, Knut Tomas Dalen, Richard Meadow, Inger Elisabeth Måren, Kåre M. Nielsen, Monica Sanden & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Genetically modified cotton GHB614 from Bayer Crop Science expresses a modified epsps gene (2mepsps) gene from maize encoding the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase (2 mEPSPS), which confers tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate. Updated bioinformatics analyses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42108
Åshild Andreassen, Anne Marie Bakke, Olavi Junttila, Arne Mikalsen, Ville Erling Sipinen, Rose Vikse, Per Brandtzæg, Knut Helkås Dalen, Knut Tomas Dalen, Richard Meadow, Inger Elisabeth Måren, Kåre M. Nielsen, Monica Sanden & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Genetically modified LLcotton25 from Bayer Crop Science expresses the bar gene from Streptomyces hygroscopicus ATCC21705 encoding the phosphinothricin-acetyl–transferase (PAT) enzyme, which confers tolerance to the active herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. Updated bioinformatics...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42109
Åshild Andreassen, Per Brandtzæg, Askild Lorentz Holck, Olavi Junttila, Heidi Sjursen Konestabo, Richard Meadow, Kåre M. Nielsen, Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg, Rose Vikse, Arne Mikalsen, Anne Marte Jevnaker, Ville Erling Sipinen & Merethe Aasmo Finne·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
In preparation for a legal implementation of regulation 1829/2003, the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has been requested by the Norwegian Environment Agency and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) to conduct final food/feed and environmental risk asse...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42110