COT Meeting: 21st October 2025

Meeting Agenda

1. Apologies for absence. 

 2. Draft minutes and reserved minutes of the Tuesday 9th September 2025 meeting TOX/MIN/2025/05. 

3. Matters arising.   

4. Smoke Flavouring CADS (Reserved) TOX/2025/37. 

5. Second draft Statement on the safety of ashwagandha in food, drinks and food supplements (Reserved)  TOX/2025/38. 

6. Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Risk Assessment (Reserved) TOX/2025/39. 

7. Second draft statement on the risk for T-2 and HT-2 mycotoxins in food TOX/2025/40. 

8. Scoping paper on the potential risk(s) of Garcinia cambogia TOX/2025/41. 

9. Summary of the European Food Safety Authority’s scientific opinion on the guidance on the use of read-across for chemical safety assessment in food and feed  TOX/2025/42. 

 10. Update on the work of other FSA Scientific Advisory Committees - for information TOX/2025/43. 

11. Any other business - Paper tbc (Reserved).

Matters arising:

• JEG Updates, 

• Subgroups and working groups. 

Media discussed during the meeting

TOX/MIN/2025/05

Draft Minutes of the 9th September 2025 COT Meeting

TOX/2025/37 

(Reserved)

TOX/2025/38

(Reserved) 

TOX/2025/39 

(Reserved)

TOX/2025/40 

Second draft statement on the risk for T-2 and HT-2 mycotoxins in food

TOX/2025/41 

TOX/2025/42

Summary of the EFSA Scientific Opinion on the Guidance on the use of Read-across for Chemical Safety Assessment in Food and Feed

TOX/2025/42 - Annex A

TOX/2025/43