Daily newspaper criticizes lack of funding and guidance on how to protect public waters
Preventing BPA from leaching into food
Firm files patent for BPA capture system with US Patent Office
New FPF report: Dietary intake of BPA in the US
Researchers identified canned vegetables as a major contributor to adult BPA exposure through food
EFSA working group on FCMs: 29th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on food contact materials now available online
PAAs in colored paper napkins
Scientists analyze primary aromatic amines in colored paper napkins from Europe; find sum PAA concentrations exceeding 10 µg/L limit, carcinogenic PAAs exceeding 2 µg/L limit; red, orange, yellow, and multi-colored napkins with highest load
CEP Panel: 1st plenary meeting
EFSA’s newly formed CEP Panel held 1st plenary meeting, July 4-5, 2018; working groups established; ongoing mandates and PET recycling process discussed
Scientific opinion on nanosilver
DG SANCO publishes final opinion on nanosilver’s safety, health and environmental effects, human exposure acknowledged, knowledge gaps concerning health effects prevail
EFSA: 6th FIP network meeting on FCMs
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held 6th meeting on food contact materials on July 10-11, 2018, discussed ongoing activities, printing inks, paper and board FCMs
Some BPA-free plastics are estrogenic
Mother Jones reports on new controversial scientific study comparing estrogenic activity of different BPA-free labeled plastic products
Nano Network 2016 report published
Annual report of EFSA’s Network for Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed available online; activities of Member States, EU agencies, and the European Commission presented