Programme

  1. Please note, timings are in Central European Time (Brussels)

  2. Welcome and introduction

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  3. Session one: The EU Strategy for Sustainability - Key CSS elements relevant to FCMs

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  4. Keynote: Food Contact regulatory developments including the impact of the EU CSS

  5. The critical role of EFSA in the risk assessment of FCMs

  6. Extending generic risk assessment to FCMs for carcinogens, reprotoxins and mutagens (CMRs), and for persistent and bioaccumulate substances (PBTs, vPvBs)

  7. Q&A

  8. Morning break

  9. One substance, one assessment: how might this look for FCMs?

  10. Implications of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability for FCMs, including safe and sustainable vs hazardous chemicals - perspective from the printing ink industry

  11. The EU Green Deal and the impact on food contact: an industry perspective

  12. Q&A

  13. Break and virtual networking

  14. Chemical Watch Demo

  15. Session two: EU FCM Regulations following the Strategy and other regulatory developments including UK FCMs

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  16. Session introduction

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  17. Inception impact assessment of the roadmap for revising the EU FCM Regulations

  18. ANEC reflections on the basic directions for the future development of the EU legislative framework on FCMs

  19. What’s next for FCMs in the UK post-Brexit?

  20. Q&A

  21. Close of day one