Food Law News - UK - 2011
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
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