The methodology document currently in use is from 2012. It will be updated with new data requirements stemming from regulations for plant protection products, and with existing guidelines and methods for assessing the health and environmental risks of these products.

Background

The methodology document from 2012 describes the methods the Norwegian Food Safety Authority uses to prepare background documentation for VKM, and the criteria VKM's Panel on Plant Protection Products uses as a basis from which to assess the risk of plant protection products.

In the summer of 2015, Norway adopted EU regulations on pesticides in a new regulation for plant protection products, since Norway through the EEA agreement uses the European Union's approval scheme for the use of these products.

The Project Group

• Marianne Stenrød – Chair, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products and Chair of the project
• Christian Vogelsang – Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Elise Rundén Pran – Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Esther van Waes-Bloem – Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Mette Helen Bjørge Müller - Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Tim Hofer – Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Tor Fredrik Holth – Member, VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Trond Rafoss - Member VKM Panel on Plant Protection Products
• Nana Yaa Boahene - Project Manager, VKM Secretariat

VKM's Panel on Plant Protection Products will approve the report.