Official Controls Over Food Contact Materials in EU Member States

Download or read book Official Controls Over Food Contact Materials in EU Member States written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report aims to present an overview on how European Union (EU) Member States visited have integrated controls on food contact materials (FCM) into their official control systems, the challenges faced, the good practices identified and the measures needed to improve these official controls. It is based on the information obtained by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety during seven fact-finding missions and audits in 2017 - 2018 and two relevant "Better Training for Safer Food" (BTSF) workshops in 2017 and 2019. This work was undertaken within the framework of a Commission evaluation of the EU legislation governing FCM as regards its effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU-added value.