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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 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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June 7, 2018

Quantifying migration of whitening agents from plastics

EU reference laboratory for FCMs develops analytical method for quantification of fluorescent whitening agents migrating from plastic beverage cups

Topics: additive, chemical analytics, JRC, migration, plastics

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April 5, 2018

Toolbox for nanomaterial safety assessment

JRC develops inventory of tools for assessing nanomaterial safety; toolbox freely accessible on JRC’s website

Topics: European Commission, JRC, nanomaterials

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February 26, 2018

Temperature control and quantification of migration

EU reference laboratory for FCMs publishes report on performance of EU official laboratories in migration testing; 59% of labs succeed in temperature control, 80% in migration quantification

Topics: JRC, migration

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February 2, 2018

Responses to draft EDC identification guidance

Responders to consultation on draft guidance for identification of EDCs criticize too high level of evidence required and too narrow scope

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

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January 23, 2018

State of raw materials in the circular economy

New JRC report analyses state-of-play for critical raw materials in the EU, finds current use “far from being fully circular,” discusses opportunities for improvement and future actions for aligning with circular economy principles

Topics: circular economy, European Commission, JRC

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December 22, 2017

Migration tests for ceramics and crystal ware

EU reference laboratory for FCMs publishes final report on suitable test methods for measuring migration of metals from ceramics and glass to support revision of EU Ceramic Directive

Topics: ceramics, glass, JRC, migration, regulation

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November 6, 2017

EU technical expert group for FCMs: Meeting presentations

DG SANTE’s technical expert group for FCMs discusses baseline study on non-harmonized FCMs, EU measure on printed FCMs, and 10^th amendment to plastics regulation; presentations now available

Topics: DG SANTE, European Commission, JRC, plastics, printing inks, regulation

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August 3, 2017

Migration of metals from ceramic and glass FCMs

EU reference laboratory for FCMs publishes report on interlaboratory comparison exercise to determine metal migration from decorated ceramic and glass tableware

Topics: ceramics, chemical analytics, glass, JRC, migration, regulation

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