The request has been made in the context of the recent REFIT evaluation of pesticides legislation, which identified a need for better enforcement, including the harmonization and alignment of exposure assessment methodologies used in different sectoral legislation.
In a letter outlining the issue, sent to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Commission noted that a number of active substances can be used for different purposes such as VMPs, pesticides and feed additives.
“Those substances are regulated under different sectoral legislation and are assessed separately by EFSA and/or EMA in the context of the respective legislations.
“Currently, different risk assessment methodologies are used. While it is acknowledged that there are other factors that may lead to different risk assessment outcomes (e.g. different data requirements in view of the different purposes of the underlying studies), some of the different risk assessment outcomes could be avoided by alignment of risk assessment methodologies, especially with regard to exposure assessment models or at least parts thereof.”
Inconsistent conclusions flagged
For veterinary medicinal products, the Commission noted that the EMA uses the Theoretical Maximum Daily Intake (TMDI) model to estimate the risk from lifelong consumer exposure to residues from animals treated with VMPs.
This model was formerly also used by EFSA’s FEEDAP Panel and by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), but both EFSA and JCFA have now moved away from the TMDI model, in favor of alternative models in accordance with scientific and digital developments in this field, said the Commission.
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