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Materjali li Jiġu f’Kuntatt mal-Ikel, Enzimi u Għajnuniet għall-Ipproċessar

Il-Bord dwar il-Materjali li Jiġu f’Kuntatt mal-Ikel, l-Enzimi u l-Għajnuniet għall-Ipproċessar (CEP)* jevalwa s-sikurezza tas-sustanzi kimiċi miżjuda mal-ikel jew użati fl-imballaġġ tal-ikel, u l-proċessi relatati. Il-ħidma tal-Bord tikkonċerna prinċipalment is-sustanzi u l-proċessi evalwati mill-EFSA qabel ma l-użu tagħhom ikun jista’ jiġi awtorizzat fl-UE.

Il-Membri tal-Bord tal-CEP huma xjenzati minn madwar l-Ewropa b’għarfien espert f’dawn li ġejjin:

  • Valutazzjoni tar-riskju kimiku li tiffoka fuq l-enzimi tal-ikel, u s-sustanzi kimiċi użati fil-produzzjoni ta’ materjali tal-plastik jew imballaġġ ieħor tal-ikel
  • Tossikoloġija (fil-mammiferi): tossiċità subkronika u kronika (studji b’dożi ripetuti), ġenotossiċità u mutaġeniċità, tossiċità tal-iżvilupp u riproduttiva, karċinoġeniċità, allerġeniċità u immunotossiċità
  • Ittestjar tat-tossiċità f’annimali sperimentali u testijiet alternattivi tat-tossiċità
  • Tossikokinetika u tossikodinamika (ADME - assorbiment, distribuzzjoni, metaboliżmu, u eskrezzjoni) ta’ sustanzi
  • Epidemjoloġija (bnedmin)
  • Kimika (kimika organika, inorganika, analitika u sintetika), speċjalment għall-identifikazzjoni u l-ispeċifikazzjoni kimika tas-sustanzi kimiċi u għall-ittestjar tal-migrazzjoni ta’ materjali f’kuntatt mal-ikel
  • Stħarriġiet dwar il-konsum u l-valutazzjoni ta’ esponiment
  • Teknoloġija alimentari (proċessi ta’ manifattura u użu ta’ aġenti tal-ipproċessar)
  • Mikrobijoloġija tal-ikel inkluża l-bijoteknoloġija tal-enzimi bl-użu ta’ mikroorganiżmi ġenetikament modifikati

*Il-Bord tas-CEP ikompli l-ħidma fil-biċċa l-kbira tal-oqsma li qabel kienu koperti mill-Bord preċedenti dwar il-Materjali li Jiġu f’Kuntatt mal-Ikel, l-Enzimi, l-Aromatizzanti u l-Għajnuniet għall-Ipproċessar (CEF), iżda għadda r-responsabbiltà għall-evalwazzjoni tal-aromatizzanti lill-Bord tal-FAF.

Membri tal-Bord

Membri tal-Bord dwar Materjali li Jiġu f’Kuntatt mal-Ikel, Enzimi u Għajnuna għall-Ipproċessar, 2018-2024

Il-kompożizzjoni tal-bord u d-Dikjarazzjonijiet ta’ Interessi.

Membri Preċedenti tal-Bord

2017-2018

President: Vittorio Silano
Viċi President: Karl-Heinz Engel; Detlef Wölfle
Membri: Claudia Bolognesi; Laurence Castle; Kevin Chipman; Jean-Pierre Cravedi; Paul Fowler; Roland Franz; Konrad Grob; Rainer Gürtler; Trine Husøy; Sirpa Kärenlampi; Wim Mennes; Maria Rosaria Milana; Karla Pfaff; Gilles Riviere; Jannavi Srinivasan; Maria de Fatima Tavares Poças; Christina Tlustos; Holger Zorn

2014-2017

President: Silano Vittorio
Viċi-President: Mennes Wim; Wölfle Detlef
Membri: Bolognesi Claudia; Castle Laurence; Cravedi Jean-Pierre; Engel Karl-Heinz; Fowler Paul; Franz Roland; Grob Konrad; Gürtler Rainer; Husøy Trine; Kärenlampi Sirpa, Lulju 2015; Milana Maria Rosaria; Penninks André; Smith Andrew; Tavares Poças Maria De Fatima; Tlustos Christina; Toldrá Fidel, sa Settembru 2015; Zorn Holger; Zugravu Corina-Aurelia, Lulju 2015

2011-2014

President: Mennes Wim, minn April 2014; Pratt Iona, sa Frar 2014 †
Viċi President: Castle Laurence, minn April 2014; Wölfle Detlef
Membri: Beckman Sundh Ulla; Binderup Mona-Lise; Bolognesi Claudia; Brimer Leon; Di Domenico Alessandro; Engel Karl-Heinz; Franz Roland; Gontard Nathalie; Guertler Rainer; Husoy Trine; Jany Klaus-Dieter; Kolf-Clauw Martine; Milana Maria Rosaria; Svensson Kettil; Tavares Pocas Maria de Fatima; Toldra Fidel

2008-2011

President: Klaus-Dieter Jany
Viċi President: Karl-Heinz Engel; Wim Mennes
Membri: Arturo Anadon; David Bell, sal-aħħar ta’ Novembru 2009; Mona-Lise Binderup; Wilfried Bursch; Laurence Castle; Riccardo Crebelli; Roland Franz; Nathalie Gontard; Thomas Haertle; Trine Husoy; Catherine Leclercq; Jean-Claude Lhuguenot; Maria Rosaria Milana; Karla Pfaff; Kettil Svensson; Fidel Toldra; Rosemary Waring; Detlef Woelfle

Id-Dikjarazzjonijiet ta’ Interessi u s-CVs ta’ membri preċedenti tal-Bord huma disponibbli fuq interestmanagement [at] efsa.europa.eu (talba).

Laqgħat mal-Istati Membri

Il-laqgħat mal-Istati Membri jlaqqgħu flimkien l-esperti tal-Bord, il-persunal xjentifiku tal-EFSA u l-esperti tekniċi mill-Istati Membri biex jiddiskutu kwistjonijiet xjentifiċi u jiskambjaw fehmiet dwar aspetti differenti tal-valutazzjoni tar-riskju relatati mal-ingredjenti tal-ikel u l-imballaġġ. Skont il-kuntest, dawn il-laqgħat jistgħu jkunu bilaterali, bl-involviment ta’ esperti minn Stat Membru wieħed, jew laqgħat ta’ networking, ma’ esperti minn diversi Stati Membri.

Issegwi lista ta’ laqgħat bejn l-EFSA u l-Istati Membri fil-qasam tal-ingredjenti tal-ikel u l-imballaġġ.

2015

2014

2012

2011

Networks

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Networks are chaired by EFSA and supported by relevant EFSA units. Their aim is to facilitate scientific cooperation in the field of EFSA’s mission by:

Scientific Network on Food Contact Materials (FCM)

The FCM Network is a platform for cooperation on risk assessment activities and approaches of mutual interest to EFSA and Member States. The Network enhances collaboration between scientists involved in risk assessment of food contact materials to support and harmonise risk assessment practices in this area. The FCM Network was initiated in October 2013 as a subgroup of the Food Ingredients and Packaging Network for a period of three years. To continue this cooperation, it was proposed to maintain the Network through a stand-alone FCM Network for a further three years.

Working groups

Bacillus AMR

Enzymes - CEP Panel

Extraction solvents

Food Contact Materials - CEP Panel

Preparation for re-evaluation of phthalates, structurally similar substances and replacement substances

Recycling Plastic - CEP Panel

WG on the evaluation of substances used to reduce microbial contamination from products of animal origin - CEP Panel

Closed working groups

Assessment of studies on BPS - CEP Panel

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Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure 2012 - CEF Panel

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BPA assessment protocol

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BPA Immunotoxicity - CEF Panel

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BPA re-evaluation - CEP Panel

BPA Toxicology 2012 - CEF Panel

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Enzymes - CEF Panel

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Evaluation of substances used to reduce microbial contamination from products of animal origin (Standing WG) - CEF Panel

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Flavourings 2017-2018 - CEF Panel

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Food contact material 2017-2018 - CEF Panel

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Food Enzymes 2017-2018 - CEF Panel

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Genotox ad hoc - CEF Panel

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Genotoxicity 2017-2018 - CEF Panel

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National experts meeting on BPA processing aids - CEF Panel

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Phthalates - CEF Panel

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Phthalates - CEP Panel

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Re-evaluation of food additives for use in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age - ANS Panel

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Recycling plastics 2017-2018 - CEF Panel

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WG on the Update of the Guidance on Food Enzymes

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