Public comment period opens on ongoing evaluation of EU legislation related to irradiation of food and food ingredients; comments accepted until May 25, 2020
Tracking fluorinated chemicals in the body
Scientists apply radiolabeling to study internal distribution of perfluorocarboxylic acids in mice; find uptake of both long- and short-chain substances in various tissues; method broadly applicable to study PFAS distribution in body and environment
ILSI North America 2019 Food Packaging Conference
EFSA BPA re-evaluation: 6th and 7th meetings
EFSA CEP Panel publishes minutes of the 6th and 7th meetings of its Working Group on BPA safety reevaluation; experts discuss appraisal methodology and scoring schemes, identify need for additional WG members to tackle reprotoxicity and neurotoxicity assessment
EFSA finds polymeric active substance safe for food contact
EFSA evaluates new active substance as liquid absorber in food packaging
Methods to predict biological effects of nanomaterials
Review on assessment of nanomaterials; discussion about advances and unresolved questions
BPA an environmental endocrine disruptor
ECHA’s Member States Committee supports Germany’s proposal to classify BPA as substance of very high concern (SVHC) due to endocrine disrupting properties with probable effects in the environment
EFSA working group on FCMs: 14th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs now available
Cut-off values for data on chemicals in food
EFSA publishes step-wise approach to selecting cut-off values for non-quantified/non-detected data to reduce uncertainty in dietary exposure assessments
EFSA working group on FCMs: 13th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs available on EFSA’s website