Overview
Event Details
Steptoe's Food Contact Materials and Food Safety practice invites you to a half-day in-person seminar in Brussels discussing the requirements of the Declaration of Compliance (DoC) for Food Contact Materials (FCMs) and how to meet them. Participation is free of charge.
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CT
12:00 p.m.: Registration, Lunch & Networking
1:00 p.m.: Presentations & Discussion
5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Networking Reception
Event Location
Steptoe
Avenue Louise 489
1050 Brussels
We will analyze the DoC in light of regulatory steps in Europe to harmonize this declaration for all types of FCMs – a considerable challenge for food contact materials suppliers and manufacturers – and provide a comparative perspective with similar requirements in the US.
Speakers:
- Christel Schaldemose, MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
- Jori Ringman, Sustainability Director, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
- Dr. Eva Høy Engelund, Senior Advisor, Food and Feed Regulatory Affairs, DHI Group, Denmark
- Dr. Anna Gergely, Director, EHS Regulatory, Steptoe Brussels
- Dr. Mitch Cheeseman, Managing Director, Steptoe Washington
- Gyöngyi David, Associate, Steptoe Brussels
Topics for discussion:
- The DoC in the context of the European Parliament’s Resolution on the Implementation of the Regulation on FCMs and the Commission’s REFIT program
- Views from different stakeholders
- Present EU harmonized requirements
- Case studies
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- The Danish Declaration of Compliance in practice
- Non-EU jurisdictions: A perspective from the US