Open AccessConclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of confirmatory data submitted for the active substance benfluralin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2800
Subject(s) - european commission , context (archaeology) , environmental health , risk assessment , food and drug administration , commission , food safety , member state , pesticide , business , member states , political science , medicine , european union , geography , computer science , computer security , law , biology , archaeology , pathology , economic policy , agronomy
The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, Belgium, for the pesticide active substance benfluralin are reported. The context of the peer review was that requested by the European Commission following the submission and evaluation of confirmatory residues data. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of benfluralin as a herbicide on lettuce and witloof chicory. The reliable endpoints concluded as being appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment, derived from the available studies and literature in the dossier peer reviewed, are presented.