Report of the 17th plenary workshop of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials and its Network of National Reference Laboratories :
2012 mid-year progress review and establishment of work programme 2013
Dublin, 26-27 June 2012
Delegates of 25 National Reference Laboratories (NRLs), and Bastiaan Schupp from the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) gathered in Dublin for the plenary workshop of June 2012 hosted by the Food Standard Agency of Ireland. The plenary was chaired by C. Simoneau, operating manager of the EURL-FCM. The meeting included a review of the work completed and the mid-year progress, as well as the planning and establishment of the work programme 2013.
In the first half of the year of the WP 2012, two interlaboratory comparisons (ILC) were completed. The first ILC was the validation of a method of a dry material (Tenax) that officially simulates all dry foods presented by Natalia Jakubowska (EURL-FCM). The exercise included 20 matrix-measurands combinations. The other completed work item was presented by Georgia Beldi (EURL-FCM) and consisted of the proficiency testing (PT) of plastics kitchen utensils for the release of formaldehyde and melamine.
The work programme for 2013 was established and will include developments on testing for ceramics in support to the revisions currently discussed for the Directive on ceramics. It will also include 1) a follow up to the validation of method for Tenax consisting of a proficiency testing on unknowns, 2) a PT on fingerprinting as identification of the nature of plastics FCM materials, 3) an exercise on calculation of surface areas in contact for kitchen utensils using different methods, and 4) a workshop on Food Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and requirements and evaluation of supporting documents for the establishment of compliance. It will also initiate exploratory work on testing of kitchen paper and napkins as a non regulated emerging issue.
SIMONEAU Catherine;
2013-01-24
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC73184
978-92-79-26059-9,
1831-9424,
EUR 25474 EN,
OP LB-NA-25474-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC73184,
10.2788/44196,
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