Assessment of the significance of exposure to furan for the Norwegian population's health

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority requests the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) to assess the significance of exposure to furan for the Norwegian population’s health based on the levels found in food on the Norwegian market and on the most recent food consumption surveys for infants, small children, youths and adults and existing toxicological assessments of the substance. Since the data from the food consumption survey for adults, Norkost 3, are not yet availablee kindly ask VKM to first assess the significance of exposure levels of furan for infants, children and youths based on data from Spedkost, Småbarnskost and Ungkost. This assessment may be published before the assessment for adults that will be based on Norkost 3. Where relevant, we kindly ask VKM to take into consideration occurrence data for levels of furan in foodstuffs from other countries in addition to the Norwegian data, where the foodstuffs in question (such as coffee) may contribute considerably to the intake in the Norwegian population.NO; no; vkm@vkm.n