_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: tron.gifstad@vkm.no; European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 11(1): 44-46, 2019; Article no.EJNFS.2019.006 ISSN: 2347-5641 Risk Assessment of Furan Exposure in the Norwegian Population Trine Husøy 1* , Augustine Arukwe 2 , Mona-Lise Bindrup 3 , Anne Lise Brantsæter 1 , Christiane Kruse Fæste 4 , Ragna Bogen Hetland 1 , Jan Alexander 1 , Heidi Amlund 5 , Knut Helkås Dahl 3 , Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen 4 , Berit Granum 1 , Kari Grave 6 , Helle Katrine Knutsen 1 , Jan Erik Paulsen 6 , Anders Ruus 7 , Tore Sanner 8 , Inger-Lise Steffensen 1 , Cathrine Thomsen 1 , Vibeke Thrane 9 and Janneche Utne Skåre 4 1 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), Norway. 2 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. 3 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norway. 4 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway. 5 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Institute of Marine Research (NIFES), Norway. 6 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. 7 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway. 8 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. 9 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM), the Norwegian Directory of Health, Norway. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. The opinion has been assessed and approved by the Panel on Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy of VKM. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/EJNFS/2019/v11i130128 Received 15 July 2019 Accepted 20 October 2019 Published 19 November 2019 ABSTRACT The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has on request of The Norwegian Food Safety Authority performed a risk assessment of furan intake in the Norwegian population based on the most recent national food consumption surveys. Grey Literature