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19th May 2026 Committee on Toxicity Meeting

The meeting agenda focussed on Ashwagandha, Calcidiol in the maternal diet and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemical Risk Assessment (CRA).

• From: Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
• Published: 25 June 2026

Documents

Meeting of the COT Tuesday 19th of May 2026 Agenda

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TOX/2026/19 Annual updates from the PhD student and the FSA Fellow - Presentations from the FSA Fellow and PhD Student

Ref: TOX/2026/19

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TOX/2026/19 Annual updates from the PhD student and the FSA Fellow - Presentations from the FSA Fellow and PhD Student

Ref: TOX/2026/19

PDF, 272 KB, 17 pages

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TOX/2026/20 Draft Position statement on the effects of calcidiol in the maternal diet

Ref: TOX/2026/20

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TOX/2026/20 Draft Position statement on the effects of calcidiol in the maternal diet

Ref: TOX/2026/20

PDF, 259 KB, 18 pages

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TOX/2026/21 Draft Supplementary Report on the Effects of Calcidiol in the Maternal Diet

Ref: TOX/2026/21

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TOX/2026/21 Draft Supplementary Report on the Effects of Calcidiol in the Maternal Diet

Ref: TOX/2026/21

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TOX/2026/22 Update on the work of other advisory committees - for information   - May 2026

Ref: TOX/2026/22

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At their May meeting the Committee reviewed a second draft statement on Ashwagandha (Reserved). They continued their work on the maternal diet, reviewing a draft position statement on Calcidiol in the maternal diet.

The Committee discussed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities (SWOT) analysis on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemical Risk Assessment (CRA) (Reserved).

The Committee received presentations updating them on the New Approach Methodologies (NAM)s work being conducted by the LiDO PhD Student at King’s College London and the FSA fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Published 25 June 2026