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November 5, 2019

UK requested to revise PFAS TDIs

NGO CHEM Trust asks UK government agency to revise tolerable daily intake (TDI) of PFOS and PFOA to match EFSA recommendation, consider ban of PFAS in food contact materials

Topics: EFSA, PFAS

Reading time: 1 minute

November 5, 2019

EFSA working group updates in October 2019

Minutes from recent meetings of the EFSA working groups on BPS, BPA, FCMs, and recycling plastic available

Topics: bisphenol A, bisphenol S, EFSA, recycling

Reading time: 3 minutes

November 1, 2019

EFSA assesses new plasticizer for PVC

European Food Safety Authority’s CEP Panel finds trimellitic acid, tris(2-ehtylhexyl) ester safe for use as plasticizer in soft PVC for making single-use wrap films or repeated use tubing

Topics: EFSA, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 1, 2019

EFSA opinions on 10 recycling processes

European Food Safety Authority’s CEP Panel publishes scientific opinions on 10 recycling processes for post-consumer PET; all found to be safe for use in specified food contact applications

Topics: EFSA, recycling, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

October 29, 2019

FPF Workshop 2019: How to improve FCM law and enforcement in the EU

Konrad Grob criticizes FCM regulation and enforcement in the EU, suggests future actions for improvement

Topics: EFSA, enforcement, European Commission, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 4 minutes

October 1, 2019

EFSA working group updates: September 2019

Minutes from recent meetings of the EFSA working groups on BPS, BPA, FCMs, phthalates, and recycling plastic available

Topics: bisphenol A, bisphenol S, EFSA, phthalates, recycling

Reading time: 4 minutes

September 3, 2019

Summary of responses to EU FCM consultation

EU Commission publishes factual summaries of public consultation and SME panel survey on FCM regulation in the EU

Topics: EFSA, European Commission, regulation, risk assessment, risk management

Reading time: 3 minutes

September 3, 2019

EFSA’s activities on emerging risks

European Food Safety Authority publishes report summarizing activities related to emerging risk identification in 2018; considers food contact additives and related challenges of substituting materials

Topics: EFSA

Reading time: 1 minute

August 20, 2019

EFSA phthalates working group: 12^th meeting

EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on phthalates continues working to revise draft opinion of DBP, BBP, DEHP, DINP, DIDP

Topics: EFSA, phthalates

Reading time: 1 minute

August 14, 2019

Discussions on uncertainty in risk analysis

EFSA publishes event report on the International Conference on Uncertainty in Risk Analysis held in February 2019; main conclusions drawn from conference focus on advocating training, scientists’ ethical responsibility, actively avoiding undetected uncertainty sources

Topics: EFSA, risk assessment, uncertainty

Reading time: 1 minute

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