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JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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The Mission of the IHCP Is

to protect the interests and health of the consumer in the framework

of EU legislation on chemicals, food, and consumer products by

providing scientific and technical support including risk- benefit

assessment and analysis of traceability.

Science for a healthier life

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IHCPDirector: Elke Anklam

Management Support Unit

Ray Crandon

Toxicology and Chemical Substances

Ana Paya Perez (Acting)

Physical & Chemical Exposure

Dimitrios Kotzias

Biotechnology and GMOs

Guy Van den Eede

Nanotechnologyand Molecular Imaging

Hermann Stamm

Validation of Biomedical Testing Methods

Laura Gribaldo (Acting)

IHCP Management Team

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IHCP Staff and Gender Balance

326159 167 Total IHCP

9 2 7 Seconded National Experts

11 1 (5) 1(4) Post-Doc Grant-holders/(Trainees)

130 75 55Contractual/Auxiliary Agents including the 20 temporary EChA Trainees

29209Temporary Agents

1475691 Officials

Total F M IHCP Staff (2007)

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Age Distribution of Staff

Permanent Staff

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Age

Temporary Staff

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Competences

Life Sciences

Biology/Molecular Biology

Biometrics

Chemistry/Food Chemistry/Biochemistry

Medicine/Nutrition

Pharmacology

Toxicology

Physical Sciences

Biophysics

Engineering

Information Technology

Materials Science

Physics

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Agenda-settingIdentification of Emerging

IssuesEffectiveness &

impact assessment(A posteriori impact assessment)

Expert Advicee.g. A priori impact assessement

Validation, StandardisationCertification, benchmarking,

monitoring, checking compliance

Decision making processSelection of Policy Options

Draft legislationCrisis-response

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IHCP Support in the Policy Cycle

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IHCP Policy Areas

Main topics• Alternative Methods• Chemicals and Biocides• Consumer Products Safety• Environment and Health• Food Safety• GMOs• Nanotechnology

Minor topics• Agricultural Products• Antifraud• Illicit Drugs

Future topics• Cosmetics • Nutrition and Health• Chinese Medicine

Commission Customer DGs

• ENV (40%)• SANCO (35%)• ENTR (15%)• AGRI ( 5%)• OLAF• TAXUD• TRADE ( 5%)• JLS

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Risk Assessment (mainly on Chemicals)

• Classification and Labelling

• Support to European Agency on Chemicals (Helsinki, started in July 2007)

• Evaluation and validation of alternative testing– Computational models– In-vitro testing methods (3 R methods)

• Indoor and Outdoor Exposure

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Methods

• Validation of alternative test methods (in-vitro)

• Method validation for GMOs, food contact materials, textiles, food authenticity control

• Sampling protocols

• Traceability

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Databases/Repositories

• Databases on e.g. alternative methods, IUCLID 5, European wines

• Material banks (food contact materials, wine, nanomaterials)

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Provision of robust analytical data

• Analysis in support to implementation of legislation (complementary to work carried out in IRMM)

• Genetically modified organisms

• Food contact materials

• European wine

• Chemicals from consumer products

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Innovative Tools

• Pre-spotted 96 well plates for real-time PCR

• Development of biosensors

• High-throughput systems

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Community Reference Laboratories

• Community Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials

Complementary to work carried out in JRC-IRMM (Geel): 4 CRLsComplementary to work carried out in EFSA (Parma)

• Community Reference Laboratory for GMOs in Food and Feed

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EC Customer DGsAGRI: EU wine data base; authenticity assessment of specific agricultural products

ENTR: Nanotechnology; alternative methods to replace animal testing for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; REACH implementation projects; analysis of textiles

ENV GMO detection methods; alternative methods for chemicals; risk assessment of chemicals and biocides; databases on chemicals; support to REACH implementation projects; analyses for chemical exposure

assessment; evaluation of health effects due to noise and chemicals; manufactured nanomaterials

JLS: Illicit drug profiling

SANCO: Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) on GMOs in food and feed, CRL on food contact material; exposure and risk for assessment of consumer products; toxicity of nanoparticles; tobacco ingredients

OLAF, TAXUD, TRADE:

Identification; taxation and monitoring of traded substances (food and

chemicals); consolidated antifraud techniques; tracking of GMOs in food

and feed

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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)– Method validation for GMO analysis

– Contributing to EFSA's safety assessments on GMOs, food contact materials, pesticides

– Working group on nanotechnology

IHCP and European Agencies -1

European Environment Agency (EEA)– Participation in Annual Work Plan (with IES), under thematic area

Integrated Assessments and Supporting Sustainable Development

– Discussion to start up Human Exposure Data Centre

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European Medicines Agency (EMEA)2002 – IHCP activities concerning the support in the access to information on medicinal products were transferred to EMEA

IHCP and European Agencies -2

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)– Support to start-up of ECHA – it trained the first intake of

recruits and also seconded senior staff in the start-up phase– Transfer of REACH-related activities to ECHA. IHCP will

continue to support the Agency but ECB officially closed in 2008

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IHCP and its Collaboration Networks

• International Organisations: OECD, WHO, CEN, ISO

• Member States Authorities: GMOs, REACH, ….

• European Network of GMO laboratories

• ECVAM’s Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC)

• Various scientific committees (e.g., SCENIHR, SCHER, EPAA)

• Indirect Action networks (NoEs)

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Web: ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Contact: jrc-info-ihcp@ec.europa.eu

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