Threshold of toxicological concern approach for the risk assessment of substances used for the manufacture of plastic food contact materials

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 523-534

  Pinalli, Roberta ^a   Croera, Cristina ^a   Theobald, Anne ^a   Feigenbaum, Alexandre ^a  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; DATA SETS; FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; PRIORITIZATION; TOXICITY DATA;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MANUFACTURE; RATING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053104751     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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