{"topic_id":"EFSA_OpenFoodTox_3_legal_entities","category":"efsa","context":"---\ntopic_id: EFSA_OpenFoodTox_3_legal_entities\ncategory: efsa\ntitle: EFSA OpenFoodTox 3.0 — 8 legal entities behind the dataset\nlang: en\nsource: OpenFoodTox 3.0 (Zenodo 19388272), sheet LEGAL\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-20\ntokens_estimated: 380\n---\n\nThe `LEGAL` sheet in OpenFoodTox 3.0 contains 8 records\ndefining the **legal entities** (organisations) that\nown substances or sponsor dossiers in the dataset.\n\n## 8 Entities\n\n| UUID (prefix) | Name | Type | SUB count |\n|---------------|------|------|----------:|\n| 4f88bc7f | Predefined Legal entity | (placeholder) | 0 |\n| **bee4cfab** | **EFSA** | regulatory authority | 0 |\n| 2d8236d4 | Lhasa | (None) | 0 |\n| acc9d519 | IRFMN | company | 0 |\n| 6c9cfc6a | S-IN | company | 0 |\n| de4513a0 | MN-AM | company | 0 |\n| **29cbe20b** | **EFSA OpenFoodTox** | regulatory authority | **7880** |\n\n## Critical findings\n\n### EFSA OpenFoodTox owns 100% of substances\n\nThe entity `29cbe20b` (\"EFSA OpenFoodTox\", type\n\"regulatory authority\") is the **OwnerLegalEntity for\nall 7880 SUB entries** in the SUB sheet (100%). This\nis expected — OpenFoodTox is the aggregated EFSA\nknowledge base and lists every substance within EFSA's\nregulatory jurisdiction.\n\n### Other 6 companies have no SUB in this snapshot\n\nIRFMN (acc9d519), S-IN (6c9cfc6a), MN-AM (de4513a0)\nare labelled as \"company\" but have **0 SUB entries\nunder their direct ownership**. They likely appear as:\n\n- **Sponsor / submitting companies** at the dossier\n  level (i.e. they commissioned dossiers and filed them\n  with EFSA, but EFSA OpenFoodTox owns the consolidated\n  substance record)\n- These company names need cross-reference against the\n  `DOSSIER` sheet's applicant/sponsor fields (not in\n  scope of this scan).\n\n### Lhasa — Vega-tier data provider?\n\n\"Lhasa\" (2d8236d4, no type) is the **Lhasa Limited**\norganisation — a known chemical informatics company\nproviding curated toxicology data (Vega, Derek,\nMirabilis). Their appearance suggests OpenFoodTox 3.0\nincludes **toxicity predictions** derived from Lhasa's\nsoftware tools in some dossiers.\n\n### \"Predefined Legal entity\" placeholder\n\nUUID `4f88bc7f` is a meta-entity: a placeholder used in\nschemas where a real OwnerLegalEntity is unknown. EU\nOFT3.0 retains it for schema completeness.\n\n## Pet food relevance\n\nThis is mainly **administrative metadata**. Pet food\nmanufacturers needing to:\n\n- **Identify the dossier sponsor** for a feed additive\n  (IRFMN, S-IN, MN-AM) should look up the company's role\n  in the relevant `DOSSIER` sheet — the dossier applicant\n  field is the legal entity responsible for submitting\n  the safety/ efficacy data.\n- **File a new dossier** for a novel vitamin or mineral\n  will require sponsorship through one of these company\n  entities, but the dossier record level — not the SUB\n  level — is where the company name matters.\n\n## Gaps & follow-up\n\n- **8 entities is a small universe** for the entire EU\n  feed additive register — many companies sponsor\n  dossiers but don't directly own SUB entries. The full\n  applicant landscape is in `DOSSIER.Applicant` /\n  `Sponsor` fields which were not joined in this scan.\n- **Lhasa as data provider** is a hypothesis — confirm\n  by cross-reference with `DOSSIER` applicant fields or\n  any data-source attribution columns.\n\n## Source\n\n`toxicology/efsa/OFT3.0_export_repository.xlsx` sheet\n`LEGAL`. 8 rows scanned; SUB ownership join via\n`SUB.OwnerLegalEntity` field.\n\nVerified 2026-07-20.","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":380,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}