Proceedings of the EURL-FCM training workshop 2015 "Science collaborations behind safety in innovation for FCM" : 22 September 2015, Ispra

The JRC organised a workshop for the network of National Reference Laboratories to provide the latest state of the art look at "science behind innovation and safety for food contact materials". Invited presentations were selected to represent relevant forward looking recent or on-going research projects at national or regional levels with a focus on collaborations across institutions and with industries. These included a short review on advances for food contact from RTD projects, a briefing on a Marie Curie Project dedicated to the safety in Use and emerging technologies in food packaging pathways (Safemtech) a National Project dedicated to the design of barrier and systems (SafeFoodPack Design), a Research project from a collaboration from professional Association and a national institute on migration testing and modelling of nanoparticles from nano-polymer- composites, a national project on lowering energy and contaminants in bread and rusk tins, an inter-industry project by professional associations on developing migration testing guidelines for non-harmonised areas, and a professional association funded FCM "matrix" exposure tool for public use. The event promoted better access to information and fostered the use of state of the art progress in innovative applied research to open up practical ideas and networking contacts for future.