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November 30, 2017
EU Commission publishes regulation on EDC criteria for biocides, to be applied from June 7, 2018; draft guidance to implement EDC criteria expected in early December 2017
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November 28, 2017
EU Commission publishes roadmap for evaluation and fitness check of food contact materials regulation 1935/2004; stakeholder feedback accepted until December 26, 2017
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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November 14, 2017
European Trade Union Institute considers EU nanomaterial observatory insufficient monitoring tool, makes recommendations for improvement
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November 14, 2017
EU nanomaterial definition is too general and should not only focus on size, according to industry feedback; EU Commission to prepare draft changes and open new public consultation
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November 8, 2017
Non-profit organization CHEM Trust criticizes EU Commission’s “secretive and industry-focused” approach to regulating food contact materials, requests more transparency and involvement of public interest groups
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November 7, 2017
EU Parliament’s Environment Committee exchanges views with the EU Commission on the regulation of food contact materials, requests quicker results and urges for more transparency
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November 6, 2017
DG SANTE’s technical expert group for FCMs discusses baseline study on non-harmonized FCMs, EU measure on printed FCMs, and 10th amendment to plastics regulation; presentations now available
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November 6, 2017
EU Commission’s working group on FCMs discusses revision of ceramics directive and plastics recycling; meeting agenda and presentation now available
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November 3, 2017
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held fifth meeting on food contact materials on July 10-11, 2017; discussions focused on evaluating printing inks for FCMs
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November 2, 2017
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on food contact materials now available online
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