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risk assessment
April 20, 2018
Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) hold joint symposium on environmental risk assessment, see ‘urgent need for harmonization of environmental risk assessment in different scientific fields’
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April 20, 2018
European Chemicals Agency publishes 2017 report on implementing the SVHC Roadmap; 750 substances of potential concern under scrutiny currently; structurally similar substances to be assessed as groups
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April 13, 2018
EU Commission proposes regulation to improve transparency and sustainability in risk assessment of food safety in the EU; feedback accepted until June 8, 2018
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April 3, 2018
EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on phthalates reassesses safety of DBP, BBP and DEHP for food contact plastics; updated meeting minutes now available online
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April 3, 2018
EFSA’s CEF Panel discusses PET recycling processes and new mandates for evaluating food contact chemicals at 74th plenary meeting held March 7-8, 2018
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March 29, 2018
EFSA publishes report of its colloquium on evidence integration in chemical risk assessment, held October 25-26, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal
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March 22, 2018
ECHA publishes updated Community rolling action plan 2018-2020; 21 substances selected for evaluation in 2018, 10 of which relevant for food contact
Topics: ECHA, risk assessment
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March 16, 2018
State of California’s Safer Consumer Products program considers assessing chemicals in food packaging within its 2018-2020 work plan
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March 15, 2018
EFSA publishes guidelines it follows when consulting on its scientific outputs
Topics: EFSA, risk assessment
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March 8, 2018
Food Packaging Forum holds 6th annual workshop on October 4, 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland; first speakers and topics confirmed
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