European Commission seeks new members for scientific committees (2016-2021); application deadline is November 2, 2015
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September 9, 2015
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June 16, 2016
Reactions to EU EDC criteria
Industry, environment and health groups, as well as science community mostly express criticism and disappointment over European Commission’s proposal for EDC criteria
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July 3, 2020
US military, European Commission planning action on PFAS
Bipartisan bill in US Congress aims to prohibit military purchase of food service ware and food packaging containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); draft set of action points for European Commission chemicals strategy reported to restrict all non-essential uses of PFAS
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May 20, 2020
Webinar on computational predictive toxicology projects
American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT) to hold webinar on May 26, 2020, discussing three recently completed projects developing collaborative in silico toxicology models
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June 17, 2014
Workshop on computational toxicology and EDCs
Endocrine Society hosts EPA speaker at public workshop on ToxCast and regulatory endocrine disruption screening
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January 19, 2017
Survey: Compliance documentation in the supply chain
DG SANTE conducts survey on the use of compliance documentation as required under the plastic FCM regulation, aims to identify problems and inform development of new FCM legislation; survey open until February 10, 2017
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March 27, 2015
EU Commission held roundtable meeting on EDCs
700 potential EDCs to be screened, final deadline to set criteria for identifying EDCs not established
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April 24, 2017
Compostable bioplastic coffee cups
UK company develops disposable bio-based coffee cups and lids; recyclable in paper waste stream or fully compostable within 3 months under appropriate conditions
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October 15, 2015
FPF comments on EFSA opinion
The Food Packaging Forum submits comments to EFSA concerning its public consultation on the draft scientific opinion on risk assessment of chemicals in FCMs
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February 22, 2017
PET bottle value chain addresses NIAS compliance
European PET industry associations form group to focus on regulatory compliance of PET food packaging regarding non-intentionally added substances
