Enlargement and integration workshop : "EU legislation and testing for the chemical safety of food contact material"

In the framework of the "Enlargement and Integration initiative", the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised a training workshop focusing the latest EU Directives and legislative requirements for food contact materials (FCM), and details of the experimental procedures for compliance testing against the requirements. The workshop took place in Ispra on 6‐7 November 2012. The list of topics covered included: EU Directives and legislative requirements for FCM including active and intelligent materials, requirements for compliance for imports, Testing for compliance for plastics including modelling as well as for materials other than plastics, testing specific migration for dry foods with the new simulant in the newly established Regulation 10/2011, and method validation, requirements for quality assurance and proficiency testing programmes. This training also included a laboratory visit and was the subject of a satisfaction survey. The outlook of the training showed not only a significant impact for the participants as shown by the satisfaction survey but also by the spontaneous e‐mails also received as follow up. The feedback of the training also showed the necessity and wishes for further trainings and collaborations in this field.