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European Commission
April 26, 2017
NGO CHEM Trust outlines European Commission's ongoing and upcoming activities to improve regulation of food contact materials
Topics: DG SANTE, European Commission, European Parliament, JRC, printing inks, REACH, regulation, SVHC
Reading time: 2 minutes
April 25, 2017
EU Commission and Member States continue discussion on EDC criteria; no agreement reached yet; new revised draft and next meeting foreseen
Reading time: 1 minute
April 4, 2017
Opinion article discusses importance of ingredient transparency for safe consumer products in the circular economy; calls on European Commission to provide effective legal requirements
Reading time: 1 minute
April 3, 2017
New ECETOC report presents step-by-step guidance for identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals; complements EDC guidance developed by ECHA and EFSA and focuses on weight-of-evidence approach
Reading time: 1 minute
March 30, 2017
JRC and partners of EU project NanoDefine develop strategy for identifying nanomaterials based on particles’ volume specific surface area (VSSA)
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 29, 2017
JRC study reviews EU legislation on nanomaterials; summarizes different sectors with nano-specific provisions, such as plastic FCM regulation; more research needed to address regulatory questions
Reading time: 1 minute
March 28, 2017
DG SANTE publishes latest meeting minutes on revised EDC criteria; no agreement yet among Member States
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 23, 2017
EU competent authorities for biocides decide on interim approach to set residue and migration limits for active substances in food-related products and food contact materials
Reading time: 1 minute
March 15, 2017
Stakeholder conference held by Danish Ministry delivers recommendations for future EU chemicals regulation; conference report now available
Reading time: 1 minute
March 13, 2017
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held fourth meeting on food contact materials on February 16, 2017; discussions focused on coatings; interest group on evaluation of coatings formed
Topics: can coatings, coating, Declaration of Compliance, EFSA, European Commission, JRC, migration, NIAS, regulation
Reading time: 4 minutes