This report addresses identification of nanomaterials according to the European Commission's Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU) by measurements and discusses options and points to consider when assessing whether a particulate material is a nanomaterial or not. The...

This report presents the first application of the European Commission (EC) Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework in a case study, on plasticisers in food contact material. Both the SSbD framework and the case study were developed by the EC's Joint Research Centre. The case study was...

This report addresses identification of nanomaterials according to the European Commission's Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU) by measurements and discusses options and points to consider when assessing whether a particulate material is a nanomaterial or not. The...

Culinary herbs and spices are valued for flavouring food and could also provide other beneficial properties, such as antioxidative and bacteriostatic effects as well as certain pharmacological activities. Their supply chain is complex, long, and globalised. Europe is one of the world's leading...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a serious global health threat, which was directly responsible for almost 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2021 and contributed to another 4.7 million deaths the same year. It is estimated that there could be over 8.2 million deaths linked to resistant...

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the needs of EU Member States and policy makers related to antigen testing, DG SANTE and the JRC set up a structured targeted approach, which also facilitated the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC). The EU...

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the needs of EU Member States and policy makers related to antigen testing, DG SANTE and the JRC set up a structured targeted approach, which also facilitated the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC). The EU...

Microplastics are becoming ubiquitous in the environment and there is growing concern that they present a risk to the environment via contamination of water, soil and air. In addition, there are emerging worries that microplastics may impact human health following ingestion of contaminated food...

This certification report describes the processing and characterisation of ERM®-FA013cf, a batch of Charpy V-notch alloy steel certified reference test pieces certified for the average absorbed energy (KV). Sets of five of these test pieces are used for the indirect verification of pendulum...

This Methodological Guidance clarifies some aspects of the voluntary application of the 'safe and sustainable by design' (SSbD) framework for chemicals and materials. It combines the disciplines of "Risk Assessment" (RA) and "Sustainability Assessment" (SA), which have different methodologies,...