On November 24, 2022, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced the publication of its scientific protocol for the hazard assessment of plasticizer substances used in food contact materials (FCMs). The protocol sets out the agency’s “strategy for retrieving, selecting and extracting the data, appraising the relevant evidence, and summarising, analyzing and integrating that evidence in order to perform hazard assessments,” which will later be used to carry out risk assessments on the prioritized substances.
This is the latest step within EFSA’s work to re-evaluate the risks to public health related to the presence of plasticizers in food contact materials (FCMs) upon the request of the European Commission. It follows the finalization of its report on identifying and prioritizing the risk assessment of plasticizers (FPF reported) as well as a protocol for the exposure assessment of the prioritized substances. All three documents will now be used to guide the completion of risk assessments on the prioritized substances.
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EFSA (November 24, 2022). “Phthalates and other plasticisers: Plan to guide EFSA assessment.”
References
EFSA (November 24, 2022). “Protocol for the hazard assessment as part of the risk assessment of phthalates, structurally similar substances and replacement substances potentially used as plasticisers in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.” DOI: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2022.EN-7660
EFSA (May 12, 2022). “Identification and prioritisation for risk assessment of phthalates, structurally similar substances and replacement substances potentially used as plasticisers in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.” DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7231
EFSA (May 12, 2022). “Protocol for the exposure assessment as part of the risk assessment of phthalates, structurally similar substances and replacement substances potentially used as plasticisers in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.” DOI: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2022.EN-7288
