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
Janneche Utne Skåre, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Livar Frøyland, Gro-Ingunn Hemre, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard & Bente Torstensen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) In September 2013, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority requested VKM to update relevant parts of the benefit-risk assessment of fish in the Norwegian diet published by VKM in 2006. The background for the request was new know...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/18605
Helle Margrete Meltzer, Helle Knutsen, Janneche Utne Skåre, Per Brandtzæg, Liv Elin Torheim, Jon Øyvind Odland & Beate Fossum Løland·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2016
The present benefit and risk assessment of breastmilk and contaminants in breastmilk was initiated by the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM). The overall objective is to provide a balanced assessment of the benefits of breastmilk against the possible risks from...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/23233
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety performed the present assessment of the differences between organic and conventional foods and food production on plant health, animal health and welfare and human health at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i1030457
Anne Lise Brantsæter, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Heidi Amlund, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Christiane Kruse Fæste, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Christopher Owen Miles, Irma Oskam, Anders Ruus, Cathrine Thomsen & Janneche Utne Skåre·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) to assess whether Norwegians in general or subgroups in the population could be expected to have different dietary expo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42538
Helle Katrin Knutsen, Heidi Amlund, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Dagrun Engeset, Christiane Kruse Fæste, Edel Holene, Anders Ruus, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Christopher Owen Miles, Hedvig Marie Egeland Nordeng, Irma Caroline Oskam, Cathrine Thomsen & Janneche Utne Skåre·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA): The Norwegian Food Safety Authority requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) to evaluate whether Norwegians in general or subgroups in the population could be expected to have different dietary e...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42537
Trine Husøy, Augustine Arukwe, Mona-Lise Bindrup, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Christiane Kruse Fæste, Ragna Bogen Hetland, Jan Alexander, Heidi Amlund, Knut Helkås Dahl, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Berit Granum, Kari Grave, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Jan Erik Paulsen, Anders Ruus, Tore Sanner, Inger-Lise Steffensen, Cathrine Thomsen, Vibeke Thrane & Janneche Utne Skåre·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2019
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has on request of The Norwegian Food Safety Authority performed a risk assessment of furan intake in the Norwegian population based on the most recent national food consumption surveys. N...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v11i130128
Christine Bjørge, Marit Låg, Ragna Bogen Hetland, Agnethe Christiansen, Lise Skrettberg, Åshild K. Andreassen, Augustine Arukwe, Knut Egil Bøe, Aksel Bernhoft, Ole Martin Eklo, Merete Grung, Margaretha Haugen, Gro Ingrunn Hemre, Ingeborg Klingen, Torsten Källqvist, Åshild Krogdahl, Jørgen F. Lassen, Bjørn Næss, Erik Ropstad, Janneche Utne Skåre, Inger-Lise Steffensen, Leif Sundheim, Line Emilie Sverdrup, Ole Torrissen & Jan Aelxander·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2019
The present report is based on data from the 2010 EFSA Report on pesticide residues in food, the Norwegian monitoring programmes 2007-2012 and data from peer reviewed literature and governmental agencies. It is a challenge to perform quantitative estimates and comparative studies...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v9i230045