Food and Chemical Toxicology

Food and Chemical Toxicology, Food Chem Toxicol abbreviated. , Is a monthly peer-reviewed journal. The first edition appeared in 1963 under the name Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. In 1981 the name was changed to Food and Chemical Toxicology. The journal publishes articles and reviews dealing with the adverse effects of natural or synthetic chemicals on the health of humans and animals.

The impact factor of the journal was in 2012 at 3,010. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge, the Journal Impact Factor in this category toxicology at 27 out of 85 journals as well as in the category of Food Science and Technology in 12th place is out of 124 journals.

Publisher is A. Wallace Hayes, Harvard School of Public Health, United States of America.