Latest European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Funded Tenders

Application of Human Biomonitoring (HBM) data in EFSA-s Chemical Risk Assessment
This open call is launched to support the development of a comprehensive and fit-for-purpose strategy for integrating Human Biomonitoring (HBM) data into EFSA-s chemical risk assessment processes by establishing access to available HBM data, reviewing methodologies for HBM data use, elaborating relevant use cases for EFSA, and formulating key recommendations.
Doc Title: Application of Human Biomonitoring (HBM) data in EFSA-s Chemical Risk Assessment
Contract Type: services

Novel strategy for allergenicity risk assessment of proteins in regulated food and feed products
The aim of this call is to seek support for the development of a novel strategy for allergenicity risk assessment (RA) of proteins in food and feed. For both clinically-relevant cross-reactivity and de novo sensitisation, the project foresees the development of open source in silico prediction/appraisal tools to be validated with experimental data; assessment of future prospects for in silico tools; estimation of thresholds of allergological concern, and the development of a systematic tiered approach with a decision-making framework. This novel strategy will enhance the reliability and speed of allergenicity RA and support process simplification and harmonisation, ultimately enabling better-informed risk management decision-making.
Doc Title: Novel strategy for allergenicity risk assessment of proteins in regulated food and feed products
Contract Type: services

Emerging risk Identification through analysis of botanical substances in food supplements
The contract aims to support EFSA-s emerging risk identification by prioritising and analysing the composition of food supplements made of plants reported to contain substances with QSAR-predicted carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic properties. The work will build on existing EFSA and Member State activities and help EFSA and Member Stated competent authorities to decide how to follow-up on this issue.
Doc Title: Emerging risk Identification through analysis of botanical substances in food supplements
Contract Type: services

Emerging risk Identification through analysis of botanical substances in food supplements
The contract aims to support EFSA-s emerging risk identification by prioritising and analysing the composition of food supplements made of plants reported to contain substances with QSAR-predicted carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic properties. The work will build on existing EFSA and Member State activities and help EFSA and Member Stated competent authorities to decide how to follow-up on this issue.
Doc Title: Emerging risk Identification through analysis of botanical substances in food supplements
Contract Type: services

Preparatory support on bioinformatics for the evaluation of the risk assessment of GMO dossiers
Preparatory work on completeness, compliance and quality of the bioinformatics analyses provided by applicants in GMO dossiers
Doc Title: Preparatory support on bioinformatics for the evaluation of the risk assessment of GMO dossiers
Contract Type: services

Strategies for grouping chemicals
The project aims to streamline and harmonise the implementation of chemical grouping to support human risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals. Its main tasks are to map EFSA-s current and future needs, identify relevant data types and sources (including traditional toxicological data and emerging technologies) as well as practices and approaches (such as AI-driven data extraction), and define key aspects for efficient data collection and appraisal. The expected outcome is a compendium of existing data types, sources and approaches, accompanied by recommendations for an operational strategy, ideally utilizing automated solutions to enable consistent and effective chemical grouping across EFSA-s domains.
Doc Title: Strategies for grouping chemicals
Contract Type: services

This open call aims to support the future integration of gut microbiome data into food safety risk assessment of dietary xenobiotics. The project will systematically appraise existing evidence and identify microbiome-relevant biomarkers and respective in vitro models and assess the feasibility of future experimental validation. The outcome will support future regulatory decisions and progress towards microbiome-informed risk assessments.
Doc Title: Evaluation of microbiome-relevant human biomarkers and in vitro models for xenobiotic risk assessment
Contract Type: services