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The Role of JRC and the EURL-FCM in support of legislation and standardization
Catherine Simoneau
Head of EURL-FCM
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Serving society
Stimulating innovation
Supporting legislation
Food contact safety: who does what?
Risk assessment:
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Risk management:
• Commission DG Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO),
Enforcement:
• Member States
Food contact safety: who does what?
Monitoring and inspection:
• National Official Control Laboratories supported by National
Reference Laboratories
Scientific support:
• EC- DG Joint Research Centre (JRC) – all FCM policies
• European Union Reference Laboratory (JRC) - OFFC
� Regulation OFFC EC/882/2004 supported by Network of NRLs
The JRC in the European Commission
CommissionerMáire Geoghegan-Quinn
Research, Innovation & Science
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
27 Commission Members
DG Research & Innovation (RTD)Director-GeneralDominique Ristori
Joint Research Centre
418 November 2013
EC-Joint Research Centre
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATESGENERAL
DIRECTORATESINSTITUTES
UNITS SCIENTIFIC UNITS
European Reference
Laboratories,
Centres & Bureaus
IRMM
ITU
IHCP
IES
IET
IPSC
IPTS ISM
HQ
JRC
518 November 2013
IRMM - Geel, Belgium
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
ITU - Karlsruhe, GermanyInstitute for Transuranium Elements
IET - Petten, The Netherlands and Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Energy and Transport
IPSC - Ispra, ItalyInstitute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
IES - Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Environment and Sustainability
IHCP - Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Health and Consumer Protection
IPTS - Seville, SpainInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
EC-JRC: 7 Institutes in 5 EU Member States
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As the Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre's mission is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle.
Working in close cooperation with policy Directorates-General, the JRC addresses key
societal challenges while stimulating innovation through developing new methods, tools and standards, and sharing its know-how with the Member States, the scientific community and international partners.
The Mission of the Joint Research Centre
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Areas of work
● Energy and transport
● Environment and climate change
● Safety of food and consumer products
● Crisis management
● Nuclear safety and security
● Health
JRC Impact for the EU citizen
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● EU policy makers
● European agencies
● European citizens
● European and International Standardisation Bodies
● Member States
● International Stakeholders
JRC: Scientific and technical support to
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JRC and EU Reference Laboratory
Risk management
(SANCO)
Official controls
Member State
Authorities and Enforcement Laboratories
As FCM activities 18 years Serving sectorial policies on release of substances from food contact materials
As EU Reference Laboratory
Methods, migration data, scientific support for FCM
legislation
Ad-hoc contributions to EFSA for exposure assessment
Work
Supporting Regulation 882/2004 on official food controls Member State
authorities and enforcement Laboratories (NRLs)
Work
Activities of JRC in food contact materials
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EU Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials
• Developing, harmonising, validating methods for the identification and quantification
of chemical contaminants from food contact materials
• Monitoring of substances released from packaging, kitchenware
• Research on interaction of foods and food contact materials
• Data on chemical occurrence and supporting exposure assessment
• Providing guidelines on testing for Member States and stakeholders
Impact
• Supporting EU legislation on food contact materials,
• Supporting EU legislation on official feed and food controls
• Supporting international harmonisation / standardisation (CEN, ISO)
• Supporting the European Food Safety Authority (e.g. exposure)
Mandate of the EURL-FCM (established in Reg. 882/2004)
Roles
• Providing analytical methods to official controls and stakeholders
• Coordination of EU National Reference Laboratories and its network
• Organisation of comparative testing (proficiency and/or validations)
• Training to National Reference Laboratories, third countries, FVO
• Scientific/technical advice to Commission
Impact
• Analytical controls are harmonised throughout Europe
• Standardised methods deliver robust analytical results
• Reduced number of analyses in EU Member States
• Better implementation of legal limits
• Technical guidelines provide hands-on understanding of Regulations
• Safe food and consumer products for European consumers
• Research published in peer reviewed and guidelines used worldwide
Article 32.1 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 on official controls
– Providing analytical methods
– Comparative testing
– Training
– Scientific/technical advice to Commission
– Collaborating with third countries
Official control laboratories
NRL-FCM network
Reg. 882/2004, Art 32:
Member States shall arrange for the designation of one or more NRLs for each EURL referred to in Article 32. A Member State may designate a laboratory situated in another Member State or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member and a single laboratory may be the NRL for more than one Member State.
For FCM:
•Malta has delegated to UK-NRL
•Switzerland is present as observer.
•France: SCL and LNE
Organisation of interlaboratory comparisons exercises
(EURL-FCM)
• Proficiency of laboratories and or of analytical methods(s)
• 18 exercises in 2008-2013 for official control laboratories
• representing 26 combinations of substances and matrices
• 15 reference materials produced
Trainings for third parties or NRLs (EURL-FCM)
• Luxembourg, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, DG
SANCO Food and Veterinary Office, Hong Kong Accreditation body
Activities of interlaboratory comparisons and training
Activities in support of FCM legislation Reg. 10/2011 on plastics food contact materials
Source of methods and reference calibrants/ materials• > 500 methods, >500 substances
Guidelines on technical implementation of legislation
• Sampling and test conditions for kitchenware
• Sampling and testing of polyamide and
melamine kitchen utensils subjected to
Regulation on imports 284/2011
• Method performance and quality criteria
Examples• Inks from paper and board – support to EFSA for development of opinion on exposure assessment, to official controls for methods
• Active and intelligent materials – anticipation and review• Baby bottles – EU survey on new materials• Modelling of migration processes - guide on applicability of models for compliance
• Release from import kitchenware articles• Development of test for non regulated areas: silicones, baking surfaces, functional ceramics
• Validation of method for new simulant for dry foods • Development of methods for mineral oils from paper and board
Activities in support of FCM legislation Reg. 1935/2004 on food contact materials
Activities in RTD
• Major partner 3 large FP projects : Recyclability, prediction of
migration into foods (foodmigrosure), exposure tools for
additives, flavourings and food contact (FACET).
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FACET: a new exposure tool
FP7 forefront RTD with the “FACET” project: a novel exposure tool for Flavourings, Additives and Food Contact Materials
FACET provides for the first time a validated software programme for deterministic and probabilistic modelling of food chemical intake
FACET is the new tool for exposure assessment of additives flavourings and food contact materials using validated models.
High stakeholder interest: presentations upon requests to EFSA, OECD, FDA, ECHA
test pilot FACET tool in the context of the BPA exposure assessment
JRC will organise “train the trainers” for stakeholders in 2013-2014 (industry, EFSA, COM, MS CA, etc)
New data on food consumption already being fed into EU Expofacts database.
The new project Glass and Ceramics
Scope – revision expansion of Dir EC/84/500
• Extent of metals
• Extent of articles (tableware, ceramics, glass, enamel specifics)
• Treatment of articles? (e.g. for ceramics, firing process or glazing?)
• Packaging
• rim
Testing
• Repeat use testing (3x)
• Simulant(s): acetic, citric
• t/T conditions
Analytical determination• AAS ICP-OES ICP-MS
CALL FOR SAMPLES
Website on migration testing (JRC)http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our_labs/eurl_food_c_m
Website on risk assessments (EFSA)http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/afc.html
Website on legislation (SANCO)
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/food/food/chemicalsafety/foodcontact/index_en.htm
Useful links
Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Social_Cohesion/soc-sp/Public_Health/Food_contact/