EFSA: Open plenary meetings 2016

Meetings of EFSA’s scientific panels and Scientific Committee open for observers; Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavorings and Processing Aids will meet on November 29 – December 1, 2016

Conference on chemical footprinting

BizNGO and Chemical Footprint Conference to take place on December 8-9, 2015 in Boston, MA, U.S.

Workshop on EDCs in the food chain

Swedish Chemicals Agency and Swedish National Food Agency hold workshop on endocrine active substances in food on November 3, 2015 in Uppsala, Sweden; registration open until October 20, 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

Web stream available for EFSA conference

EFSA conference on food safety on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy can be followed live via web stream; questions for Q&A sessions can be submitted via Twitter or EFSA-Expo website

Event: Food packaging, circular economy and sustainability

Food Packaging Forum and GreenBuzz to host thematic apéro on “Food packaging: Circular economy or take, make and dispose?”; September 22, 2015 in Zurich, registration now open

Industry conference on PET

Petcore Europe hosts annual conference on PET on November 24, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium

European Bioplastics Conference 2015

European Bioplastics hosts annual conference on November 5-6, 2015 in Berlin, Germany

Conference on food contact materials

Luxembourg’s Ministry of Health organises food contact materials conference as part of its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; registration now open

Symposium: Chemical mixtures and cancer

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences hosts symposium and webcast on the Halifax Project investigating the link between low-dose chemical mixtures and cancer