25/09/2022 - Successful implementation of the "Follow - up Workshop on the ImproRisk Model"
The State General Laboratory of Cyprus is proud to announce the successful implementation of the "Follow - up Workshop on the ImproRisk Model", which was co-organized with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and took place in Larnaca on 20-21 September 2022.
The main objective of the workshop was to provide training on the online dietary exposure assessment model, ImproRisk, developed by the State General Laboratory of Cyprus, with regards to its applicability in chemical risk assessment. In this context, key topics were the management of the occurrence data and the food consumption data in order to be used as inputs to the model, the applied exposure assessment methodology and the model’s final outcome.
The workshop was attended by 21 experts from the Food Safety Authorities/Risk Assessment Institutes of the European Union (EU) Member States and the EU accession countries. A combination of lectures and practical interactive case studies, mainly consisting of computational tasks, enabled participants to apply the knowledge gained to simple examples.
Read more here
10/12/2021 - ImproRisk web application at FoodEx2
ImproRisk is now upgraded and it functions with FoodEx2 food categorisation system.
Get a (free) authorisation by SGL and access the app here.
Currently, ImproRIsk Web Application is at v.0.0.1
15/12/2020 - ImproRisk as a web application
ImproRisk is now upgraded into a web application using the Shiny web framework in the statistical computing language R.
Get a (free) authorisation by SGL and access the app here.
Also, you can download the User Manual (soon)
01/11/2017 - Weighting coefficients in ImproRisk
ImproRisk has now (November 2017) been updated to accommodate weighting coefficients to adjust the sample for non-representativeness of the population.
Exposure statistics e.g. mean exposure and standard error, will now be adjusted to reflect the population from which the sample was taken from.
This feature has been in great demand by many users and we are very excited to release this new version (ImproRisk 1.4)
What's new:
a) A new consumption template is needed for this new version to run properly.(Subjects_Consumption_Template.WeightingCoefficients.xlsx)
b) A draft guide is also available that details the changes in ImproRisk's worksheets, the methodology and type of weight coefficients used in the new version, and some examples.
This new version is in BETA so please feel free to forward any bugs and/or recommendations to:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Exposure statistics e.g. mean exposure and standard error, will now be adjusted to reflect the population from which the sample was taken from.
This feature has been in great demand by many users and we are very excited to release this new version (ImproRisk 1.4)
What's new:
a) A new consumption template is needed for this new version to run properly.(Subjects_Consumption_Template.WeightingCoefficients.xlsx)
b) A draft guide is also available that details the changes in ImproRisk's worksheets, the methodology and type of weight coefficients used in the new version, and some examples.
This new version is in BETA so please feel free to forward any bugs and/or recommendations to:
[email protected]
[email protected]
06/06/2016 - Updated Occurrence Template
A new version of occurrence template is released. Please download the new your occurrence template
05/06/2016 - Update to the ImproRisk model (June 2016)
An improved version of ImproRisk is released (v.1.3.1) in June 2016
In this new version of the model, some changes and amendments were made, which will be described in detail in the Appendix A of the user manual. The amendments were prompted by the feedback received from the trainees during the ImproRisk workshop that took place in Larnaca, Cyprus on the 19th May.
Furthermore, some typos within the model and the user manual were corrected and a guide for the COMPREHENSIVE worksheet is added
In this new version of the model, some changes and amendments were made, which will be described in detail in the Appendix A of the user manual. The amendments were prompted by the feedback received from the trainees during the ImproRisk workshop that took place in Larnaca, Cyprus on the 19th May.
Furthermore, some typos within the model and the user manual were corrected and a guide for the COMPREHENSIVE worksheet is added
Training workshop on the dietary risk assessment model "IMPRORISK” (May 2016)
29/03/2016 Training workshop on the dietary risk assessment model "IMPRORISK” - Larnaca, 17-18/05/2016
The State General Laboratory (SGL) of Cyprus, with the support from EFSA, is organising a training workshop on dietary risk assessment. The purpose of the workshop is dual: a) to acquire/increase knowledge of the scientific principles and methodology of exposure assessment and b) to provide training on the deterministic exposure assessment model developed by SGL, the IMPRORISK model, with regards to its applicability in chemical risk assessment.
The workshop will focus on:
The workshop will be held in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 17-18 May 2016, and will have duration of 1,5 days. Attendance will be on an invite–only basis, with one participant per Member State. EFSA will also support the participation of one expert from each pre-accession country through EFSA’s Pre-accession programme.
LINK to the announcement by SGL
The State General Laboratory (SGL) of Cyprus, with the support from EFSA, is organising a training workshop on dietary risk assessment. The purpose of the workshop is dual: a) to acquire/increase knowledge of the scientific principles and methodology of exposure assessment and b) to provide training on the deterministic exposure assessment model developed by SGL, the IMPRORISK model, with regards to its applicability in chemical risk assessment.
The workshop will focus on:
- EFSA’s Food Consumption & Chemical Occurrence Databases and the harmonization approach;
- Existing tools for exposure assessment;
- Deterministic versus probabilistic in dietary exposure assessment of chemicals;
- Presentation of the IMPRORISK model;
- Hands-on training of the IMPRORISK model and respective instructions manual.
The workshop will be held in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 17-18 May 2016, and will have duration of 1,5 days. Attendance will be on an invite–only basis, with one participant per Member State. EFSA will also support the participation of one expert from each pre-accession country through EFSA’s Pre-accession programme.
LINK to the announcement by SGL