• Assessment of benefits and risks of probiotics in processed cereal-based baby foods Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei F19 

      Halvorsen, Ragnhild; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Midtvedt, Tore; Narvhus, Judith; Rugtveit, Jarle; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Frølich, Wenche; Frøyland, Livar; Iversen, Per Ole; Kapperud, Georg; Lillegaard, Inger Therese L.; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Lyche, Jan Ludvig; Mansoor, Mohammad Azam; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Nesbakken, Truls; Nygård, Karin Maria; Robertson, Lucy; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Haugen, Margaretha (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2011-06-23)
      The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has appointed an ad hoc-group of experts to answer a request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority regarding benefit and risk assessment of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei F19 (F19) in processed cereal-based baby foods intended for small children 1-3 years. This assessment is based on the literature provided by the notifier as well ...
    • Benefit-risk assessment of fish and fish products in the Norwegian diet – an update. Opinion of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Skåre, Janneche Utne; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Frøyland, Livar; Hemre, Gro Ingunn; Knutsen, Helle Katrine; Lillegaard, Inger Therese L.; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny; Andersen, Lene Frost; Hjeltnes, Brit; Hofshagen, Merete; Iversen, Per Ole; Källqvist, Torsten; Krogdahl, Åshild; Næss, Bjørn; Rafoss, Trond; Steffensen, Inger-Lise; Wasteson, Yngvild (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2014-12-14)
      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 knowledge and data on the content of some nutrients and contaminants both for wild and farmed fish since 2006. The proportion of vegetable ingredients used in farmed fish feed ...
    • Risk assessment of radioactivity in Food. Opinion of the Scientific Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety, VKM report 2017:25 

      Alexander, Jan; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Brunborg, Gunnar; Fæste, Christiane Kruse; Jaworska, Alicja; Komperød, Mari; Lillegaard, Inger Therese L.; Rosseland, Carola; Skuterud, Lavrans; Andersen, Lene Frost; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny; Hjeltnes, Brit; Hofshagen, Merete; Krogdahl, Åshild; Källqvist, Torsten; Sorteberg, Hilde-Gunn Opsahl; Rafoss, Trond; Skaar, Ida; Skåre, Janneche Utne; Steffensen, Inger-Lise; Vandvik, Vigdis; Wasteson, Yngvild; Hemre, Gro Ingunn (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2017-08-23)
      Since 1986, the management of radioactive contamination in food and feed in Norway has been driven mainly by the Chernobyl Disaster follow-up. Monitoring and countermeasures are still in place to reduce the exposure to the population. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority is in the process of revising the maximum levels (MLs) for radioactive substances in drinking water and food and establishing ...