Annual report of EFSA’s Network for Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed available online; activities of Member States, EU agencies, and the European Commission presented
December 16, 2016
EFSA: Work plan for 2017 and beyond
EFSA Management Board plans authority’s work for the coming years; EFSA to continue ongoing projects, develop guidance for risk assessment, review independence policy and increase stakeholder engagement in 2017
December 8, 2016
EFSA: Reevaluation of BPA
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds first meeting to discuss the reevalution of BPA; meeting minutes available online
December 6, 2016
EFSA, ECHA and JRC develop EDC guidance
The European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency, together with the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre, work on guidance for implementing the Commission’s proposed EDC criteria
December 6, 2016
EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 14th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online
December 5, 2016
EFSA working group on FCMs: Latest meetings
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs available on EFSA’s website
November 21, 2016
EFSA: Evaluation of polymeric additive for use in FCMs
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate) copolymer cross-linked with divinylbenzene or 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate safe for use in food contact materials under certain conditions
November 15, 2016
EFSA: Sharing models and tools
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides public access to its scientific models and tools through the Knowledge Junction community and Statistical Models platform; aims at ‘improving transparency, reproducibility and evidence reuse’
November 8, 2016
EFSA: Evidence use in scientific assessments
EFSA survey identifies authority’s methodological needs for use of scientific evidence in its assessments as part of PROMETHEUS project
October 26, 2016
EFSA: consultation on MixTox project
European Food Safety Authority calls for stakeholder contributions to shaping its new project MixTox aiming to develop a harmonized methodology for risk assessment of chemical mixtures
