FSA Update, 27 May 2011

CONTAMINANTS - Food Contact Materials, Contaminants and Irradiation – Update Bulletin May 2011

This latest issue of our periodic update bulletin will provide you with information on key developments in the above areas.

A copy of the Update Bulletin is available on this site. See FSA Contaminants Bulletin – May 2011

The update contains information on the following topics:

Food Contact Materials (Science & Policy)

• Science (Research): Develop a post-market test for recycled food contact materials (FS241007)
• Policy: Bisphenol A – Directive (EU) 2011/8
• Regulation (EU) No 10/2011
• Kitchenware from China – Regulation (EU) No 284/2011

Environmental Contaminants (Inorganic)

• European Food Safety Authority Scientific Opinion on Lead
• Lead Ammunition Group (LAG)
• Arsenic
• Cadmium
• Cadmium in brown crab meat
• Metals in baby food/weaning foods
• Contact information

Process Contaminants

• Acrylamide
• Furan
• Ethyl Carbamate
• Contact Information

Environmental Contaminants (Organic)

• Discussions from the Expert Committee on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 07 February 2010
• Dioxins and PCBs
• Dioxins in sheep liver
• Brominated flame retardants (BFRs)
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Summary of call for data

Mycotoxins

• EC Meetings
  • Pre-export checks approval for OTA in Canadian wheat
  • Review of Regulation (EC) 1152/2009
• 5th session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF), The Hague, March 2011
  • Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Deoxynivalenol (DON) and its Acetylated Derivates in Cereals and Cereal-based Products
  • Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Total Aflatoxins in Dried Figs (At Step 4) (N11-2010)
  • Discussion paper on mycotoxins in sorghum
  • Discussion paper on ochratoxin A in cocoa
• EFSA Developments
• FSA Publication of New Research Requirement