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Guidance and reference documents on standards, roles and governance for providing independent scientific advice to the Food Standards Agency.
1. Introduction 1.1 Context The challenge of being an open organisation We…
1. Introduction Government Chief Scientific Adviser’s Guidelines on the…
Travel costs are a substantial part of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA)…
1. The role of the Secretariat is to: Support the Committee in developing…
Members of Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scientific Advisory Committees…
Subject as provided in paragraph 3 of this document the Food Standards…
The meeting agenda focussed on AI in Chemical Risk Assessment, Vitamin E in the maternal diet, Idiosyncratic Liver Toxicity, Upper levels and risk-benefit assessment of fish.
Draft Agenda Apologies for absence. Draft minutes and reserved minutes of…
Minutes of the meeting of the Committee on Toxicity (COT) at 10:00am,…
This is a paper for discussion. This does not represent the views of the…
This is a paper for discussion. It does not reflect the views of the…
Science Council (SC) Summary Updated: June 2026. Science Council is…
The meeting agenda focussed on Fluoride, Calcidiol, Irritant Sprays and Echinacea in the maternal diet. As well as review's of EFSA scientific opinions on plant preparations containing Berberin, and Hydroxycitric Acid.
Draft Agenda Apologies for absence. 2. Draft minutes and reserved minutes…
Minutes from the Meeting of the Committee at 11:00am, Tuesday the 3rd of…
This is a draft paper for discussion. It does not reflect the views of the…
Declared interests of committee members. This includes full, associate, co-opted and liaison members.
Previously published outputs are available from the National Archives.
More meeting papers are available from the National Archives.
There are no publications for this section to date.
Code of practice setting out the principles and procedures governing the operation of the committee.
Membership of currently active COT subgroups.
The meeting agenda focussed on Ashwagandha, Calcidiol in the maternal diet and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemical Risk Assessment (CRA).
The meeting agenda focussed on Carbon fibre, the Annual Report, Horizon Scanning and chemicals (other than caffeine) found in green and black tea.
COT subgroups provide independent scientific advice on discrete scientific topics concerning the toxicity of chemicals which are presented to the full committee.
Risk assessment of dietary pica exposure during pregnancy, supporting food safety advice on potential risks to maternal and offspring health.
Chair's introduction and background on the committee, including risk assessment and analysis frameworks, a glossary of terms and its history.
Biographical profiles of COT full, associate, co-opted and liaison members outlining their professional backgrounds, expertise and experience.
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