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December 21, 2016

EU technical expert group for FCMs: New meeting summary

DG SANTE’s technical expert group for FCMs discusses migration testing guidelines, 7^th amendment to plastic FCM regulation, and EFSA opinion on safety assessment of FCMs

Topics: DG SANTE, EFSA, European Commission, migration, regulation

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December 20, 2016

EFSA on epigenetics in risk assessment

EFSA publishes official report from the June 2016 colloquium on epigenetics in risk assessment

Topics: EFSA, risk assessment, toxicity testing

Reading time: 1 minute

December 19, 2016

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

Topics: EFSA, European Commission, JRC, nanomaterials, risk assessment

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December 16, 2016

EFSA: Work plan for 2017 and beyond

EFSA Management Board plans authority’s work for the coming years; EFSA to continue ongoing projects, develop guidance for risk assessment, review independence policy and increase stakeholder engagement in 2017

Topics: EFSA

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December 8, 2016

EFSA: Reevaluation of BPA

EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds first meeting to discuss the reevalution of BPA; meeting minutes available online

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA

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December 6, 2016

EFSA, ECHA and JRC develop EDC guidance

The European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency, together with the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre, work on guidance for implementing the Commission’s proposed EDC criteria

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

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December 6, 2016

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 14^th meeting

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

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling

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December 5, 2016

EFSA working group on FCMs: Latest meetings

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs available on EFSA’s website

Topics: EFSA

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November 21, 2016

EFSA: Evaluation of polymeric additive for use in FCMs

EFSA’s CEF Panel considers (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate) copolymer cross-linked with divinylbenzene or 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate safe for use in food contact materials under certain conditions

Topics: EFSA

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November 15, 2016

EFSA: Sharing models and tools

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides public access to its scientific models and tools through the Knowledge Junction community and Statistical Models platform; aims at ‘improving transparency, reproducibility and evidence reuse’

Topics: EFSA, risk assessment

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