Food & Nutrition

Systematic Reviews for Food Safety, Novel Food Authorisation and Health Claims

In the food sector, systematic reviews are essential for safety assessment, health claims substantiation and regulatory authorisation. Puraite delivers EFSA-aligned evidence synthesis with full traceability for European and international regulatory submissions.

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The Challenge

Food safety and nutrition regulation demands comprehensive, reproducible evidence synthesis.

Novel Food Authorisation

Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 requires applicants to systematically compile all available safety, allergenicity and nutritional data when seeking authorisation for novel foods or novel food ingredients. EFSA expects comprehensive, reproducible literature review methodology in applications.

Health Claims Substantiation

Under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (EU Health Claims Regulation), food and supplement companies must substantiate health claims with systematic reviews of the totality of available evidence. EFSA's NDA Panel evaluates the completeness and methodology of the submitted evidence synthesis.

Food Additive Re-Evaluation

EFSA's ongoing re-evaluation programme for food additives authorised before 2009 (under Regulation (EU) No 257/2010) requires systematic literature review to reassess safety in light of current evidence.

Pesticide Residues and Contaminants

Systematic evidence synthesis supports maximum residue level (MRL) assessments, dietary exposure modelling and risk characterisation for pesticide residues and food contaminants under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

How Puraite Helps

Specific workflows where Puraite accelerates regulated evidence work.

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Novel Food Safety Assessment

Comprehensive evidence synthesis for novel food applications under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. Systematic review of safety studies, allergenicity data, toxicological evidence and nutritional information in EFSA-aligned format.

Structured evidence package for EFSA novel food authorisation assessment
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Health Claims Evidence Package

Systematic review of human intervention studies, observational evidence and mechanistic data supporting proposed health claims. Structured per EFSA's scientific and technical guidance for health claim applications.

EFSA NDA Panel-ready evidence substantiation with complete methodology documentation
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Pesticide Residue Literature Review

Systematic identification and appraisal of studies on pesticide residues in food commodities. Structured data extraction for MRL assessments and dietary exposure modelling per EFSA PPR Panel methodology.

Evidence-based MRL documentation with reproducible search methodology
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Food Additive Safety Review

Systematic literature review supporting food additive safety assessments or re-evaluations. Comprehensive toxicological evidence compilation covering genotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, chronic toxicity and exposure assessment.

EFSA-aligned additive safety evidence package

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