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July 3, 2018

EFSA and JRC continue to collaborate

EFSA and EU Joint Research Centre reinforce cooperation in food and feed safety areas, including food contact materials

Topics: EFSA, endocrine disruptor, JRC, mixture toxicity, non-animal testing, regulation, risk assessment

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June 29, 2018

CEF Panel: 75^th plenary meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel discusses PET recycling processes, new mandate for evaluating food contact chemical, safety assessment of phthalates and BPA in FCMs at 75th plenary meeting, held June 5-7, 2018

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA, PET, phthalates, plastics, recycling, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

June 27, 2018

EFSA: Public consultation on assessing chemical mixtures

EFSA releases draft guidance documents on risk and genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures; public consultations open until September 15 and September 9, 2018

Topics: EFSA, estrogenic, mixture toxicity, risk assessment

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June 26, 2018

EFSA working group on phthalates: 4^th meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on phthalates reassesses safety of DBP, BBP and DEHP for food contact plastics; updated meeting minutes now available online

Topics: EFSA, exposure, migration, phthalates, risk assessment

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June 14, 2018

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 23^rd meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling, risk assessment

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June 11, 2018

EFSA working group on FCMs: 29^th meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on food contact materials now available online

Topics: EFSA

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June 8, 2018

Endocrine Society criticizes EU’s EDC strategy

Endocrine Society deems EU’s EDC criteria insufficient to protect public health, EDC guidance too restrictive, calls for extending EDC strategy to cover more product groups, including FCMs, and to protect most vulnerable populations, such as fetuses, children, adolescents

Topics: ECHA, EFSA, endocrine disruptor, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

June 7, 2018

EDC guidance document published

EFSA and ECHA release pre-publication version of guidance for implementation of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors; guidance applies to biocides from June 7, 2018 and to pesticides from November 10, 2018

Topics: ECHA, EFSA, endocrine disruptor, JRC, regulation

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May 22, 2018

EFSA selects new scientific experts

EFSA publishes list of scientific experts for renewal of its scientific panels; CEF Panel to be replaced by new Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP)

Topics: EFSA

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May 16, 2018

EFSA working group on phthalates: 3^rd meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on phthalates reassesses safety of DBP, BBP and DEHP for food contact plastics; updated meeting minutes now available online

Topics: EFSA, exposure, migration, phthalates, plastics, risk assessment

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