Category Research project
  • Analytik

EU-FORA 2022/2023: Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

Project status
Completed
Project start
Sept 2022
Project end
Aug 2023
Acronym
EU-FORA 2022/23
Department
Chemikalien- und Produktsicherheit

Description and Objective

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects that lead to obesity in connection with the substance bisphenol A and analogous compounds. There are several different scientific publications describing such effects. Bisphenol A can be transfered from food contact materials to food. Furthermore, the aim is to have the EU-FORA Fellow contribute to the risk assessment of food contact materials at BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment and to provide him/her with extensive knowledge in this field. The Fellow will be closely involved in the scientific evaluation of dossiers for substances that are transfered from food contact materials into food. These dossiers follow the EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority note for guidance and are submitted for materials and substances for which there are no harmonised EU regulations. Therefore, the scientific assessment is comparable to the safety assessment of a substance to be used in plastic food contact materials carried out by EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority. The fellow will gain a deep insight into the risk assessment according to the EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority guidelines. The fellow will start at the University of Granada with the project to continue the programme at BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.

Result

An exposureExposureTo glossary estimate was developed based on the individually reported consumption data and the measured BPA levels in comparable foods. The results were analysed for relevant influences of certain food groups and specified for different population groups. Based on the data, a risk assessment was carried out on the basis of the hazard assessment on BPA published by the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.
Type of project

Third-party funded project

Research focus

Internationale Zusammenarbeit / Nachweis von Kontaminanten und zur Bewertung chemischer Risiken

Organisational units and partners

Lead specialist group: Sicherheit von Lebensmittelkontaktmaterialien (74) Involved BfR partners: Internationale Angelegenheiten
External partner: Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology

Funding body and grant number

Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit
GP/EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority/ENCO/2021/01

Publications

https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.e211015

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