Conclusions of Luxembourg conference on FCMs published; harmonization of FCM regulation at EU level desired, improvement of risk assessments and declarations of compliance needed
October 27, 2015
Mineral oils in food
Foodwatch study shows contamination of dry foods packaged in paper or board with mineral oils; online petition launched to call for EU-wide introduction of functional barriers, limit levels in food
October 20, 2015
Improvement of REACH needed
Danish Chemicals Forum – including NGOs and industry – calls for improvement of EU chemicals regulation in open letter to the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency
October 13, 2015
Technical meeting on EU EDC criteria
DG SANTE hosts meeting on November 6, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium to present methodology for chemical screening as part of impact assessment on EDC criteria
September 9, 2015
Toxic chemicals in recycled materials
NGOs urge European Commission to ban recycling of materials containing toxic flame retardant DecaBDE, a chemical previously found in recycled plastic FCMs
September 9, 2015
New members for EC scientific committees
European Commission seeks new members for scientific committees (2016-2021); application deadline is November 2, 2015
September 7, 2015
Sizing nanoparticles
EU research project NanoDefine asks companies for input on nanomaterial sizing techniques by September 11, 2015
August 3, 2015
Opinion: EDC decision matrix not suitable
CHEM Trust analyzes “option 4b” to identify EDCs as proposed by German risk assessment institute and considers method as not adequate to set EDC criteria
July 29, 2015
European Parliament supports TTIP deal
European Parliament approves resolution on TTIP negotiations; NGOs express concern over chemical safety and point out influence of industry
July 27, 2015
Report on EDC public consultation
DG SANTE publishes report on the public consultation on EDC criteria; respondents agree on need for definitive EU-wide EDC criteria
