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January 31, 2017
European Plastic Converters Association holds Food Contact Plastics Seminar on April 20-21, 2017 in Brussels
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January 31, 2017
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hosts expert panel to discuss latest research on endocrine disrupting chemicals, risk management and regulations today at 12:30pm EST (6:30pm CET); live webcast available
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January 30, 2017
ECHA screening shortlists 162 potentially hazardous substances for further scrutiny by EU Member States; list not publicly available
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January 26, 2017
EU Commission’s working group on FCMs discusses baseline study on non-harmonized FCMs, EU measure on printed FCMs, information transfer in the supply chain, and draft measure on BPA
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January 20, 2017
EU Commission adopts recommendation to monitor mineral oil hydrocarbons in food and in materials and articles intended for food contact; 2017-2018 monitoring data to be submitted to EFSA by February 2019
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January 19, 2017
DG SANTE publishes latest meeting minutes on revised EDC criteria, summarizes different concerns raised by EU Member States
Topics: DG SANTE, ECHA, EFSA, endocrine disruptor, European Commission, European Parliament, JRC, regulation
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January 19, 2017
DG SANTE conducts survey on the use of compliance documentation as required under the plastic FCM regulation, aims to identify problems and inform development of new FCM legislation; survey open until February 10, 2017
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January 19, 2017
EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre baseline study on non-harmonized food contact materials finds shortcomings in risk assessment practices, disparities among national lists of authorized substances, and lack of testing methods; common standards are needed
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January 18, 2017
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues final rule on nanomaterials reporting to come into effect May 2017
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January 17, 2017
U.S. EPA proposes three rules to inventory, prioritize and risk evaluate chemicals under Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act
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