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COT Secretariat
Food Standards Agency
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125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
Tel: 020 7276 8522
Fax: 020 7276 8513
cot@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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- Committee on Carcinogenicity
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COT reports
Reports from COT, including annual reports (published jointly with COC and COM). The aim of these reports is to provide a brief toxicological background to the Committees' decisions.
COT/COM/COC Annual Reports
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2008
This is the 18th joint annual repot of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2007
This is the 17th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2006
This is the 16th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2005
This is the 15th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2004
This is the 14th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2003
This is the 13th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2002
This is the 12th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2001
This is the 11th joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2000
This is the tenth joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1999
This is the ninth joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1998
This is the eighth joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1997
This is the seventh joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1996
This is the sixth joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1995
This is the fifth joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1994
This is the fourth joint annual report of the COT, COM, COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1993
This is the third joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1992
This is the second joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT/COM/COC Annual Report 1991
This is the first joint annual report of the COT, COM and COC.
COT Working Group reports
Adverse reactions to food and food ingredients (2000)
This report by the COT considers adverse reactions to food both of immune origin (food allergy) and non-immune origin (food intolerance).
COT report on organophosphates (1999)
This report, drafted by the Working Group on Organophosphates, considers whether single, prolonged or repeated exposure to low doses of organophosphate compounds (OPs) can cause long-term adverse health effects.
COT report on peanut allergy (1998)
Peanut allergic individuals can undergo a severe, life-threatening reaction following exposure to peanut allergens. A Working Group of the COT was established to advise whether there is an association between early exposure to peanuts and peanut products and the incidence of peanut allergy in later life.
COT report on variability and uncertainty in toxicology (2007)
The COT established a working group to consider variability and uncertainty in toxicology.
Report on phytoestrogens and health (2003)
The Committee on Toxicity (COT) has published a report on the possible health implications of phytoestrogens in our diet.
Review of the Risk Assessment of Mixtures of Pesticides and Similar Substances (2002)
This report of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment prepared at the request of the Food Standards Agency, considers the risk assessment of multiple residues of pesticides and veterinary medicines in food, and of multiple sources of exposure to these substances.
COT joint reports
Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals(2003)
Safe Upper Levels for Vitamins and Minerals
The final report of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals was published in May 2003.
SACN advice on fish consumption: benefits and risks (2004)
Joint report of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Committee on Toxicity (COT) on the consumption of fish.