EFSA announces public consultation on BPA re-evaluation protocol, defining scope, methodology, information needs for safety assessment planned in 2018; deadline for comments is September 3, 2017
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June 30, 2017
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February 21, 2014
Philippine city to phase out plastic and styrofoam
Cotabato City in the Philippines plans ban of non-biodegradable plastics
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October 15, 2014
Opinion: FCM safety remains opaque
Environmental magazine raises concerns over food contact material safety; criticizes lack of transparency
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January 7, 2022
EFSA publishes guidance on chemical grouping for risk assessments
Final version of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidance prioritizes hazard-driven criteria for grouping chemicals; supports human health risk assessments of combined chemical exposures; recommends relying on mechanistic information on toxicity within a weight-of-evidence approach
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November 17, 2015
FPF dossiers publicly available
Dossiers provide background information about food contact materials and human health
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October 31, 2016
EU human biomonitoring initiative
EU initiative HBM4EU aims to coordinate and advance human biomonitoring in Europe; launch event on December 8, 2016 in Brussels
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June 16, 2021
Global Food Contact opening keynote highlights EC FCM updates
2021 Smithers Pira conference covers global developments in food contact regulations and materials; opening keynote by Jonathan Briggs details latest developments on the European Commission’s (EC) update on food contact material (FCM) legislation; release of the EC’s final impact assessment pushed back to 2023, but staff working document on FCMs planned for the end of 2021
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July 30, 2014
Styrene may be a human carcinogen
US National Research Council concludes review of styrene; substance reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen
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October 5, 2018
Ames test insufficient for genotoxicity of FCMs
Scientists deem Ames test unsuitable as standalone method to evaluate genotoxicity of FCM migrates, suggest complementing it with chemical information
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December 11, 2018
EFSA FCM working group: 2nd meeting
EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials holds 2nd meeting; minutes now available online
