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SCCS SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ON on the threshold for the warning ‘contains formaldehyde’ in Annex V, preamble point 2 for formaldehyde-releasing substances - SCCS/1632/21– Scientific advice

Authors :
Bernauer, Ulrike
Bodin, Laurent
Chaudhry, Qasim
Coenraads, Pieter J.
Dusinska, Maria
Ezendam, Janine
Gaffet, Eric
Galli, Corrado Lodovico
Granum, Berit Brunstad
Panteri, Eirini
Rogiers, Vera
Rousselle, Christophe
Stepnik, Maciej
Vanhaecke, Tamara
von Götz, Natalie
Wijnhoven, Susan
Koutsodimou, Aglaia
Uter, Wolfgang
Gaffet, Eric
Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (European Commission)
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment [Berlin] (BfR)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS) (SCCS)
University of Chester
University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG)
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM)
Institut Jean Lamour (IJL)
Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health [Oslo] (NIPH)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Direction des affaires européennes et internationales (DAEI)
Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
QSAR lab
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
General Chemical State Laboratory (GCSL)
University Hospital Erlangen = Uniklinikum Erlangen
Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS)
Publications Office of the European Union
Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
University of Milan
University-Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - Universität tsstr. 21-23, 91054 Erlangen DE
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Source :
Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (European Commission). 2021, Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (European Commission), Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS)., 2022, Publications Office of the European Union, 978-92-76-54758-7. ⟨10.2875/269855⟩
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2021.

Abstract

International audience; SCCS SCIENTIFIC ADVICE ON on the threshold for the warning ‘contains formaldehyde’ in Annex V, preamble point 2 for formaldehyde-releasing substances - SCCS/1632/21– Scientific adviceU. Bernauer, L. Bodin, Q. Chaudhry, P.J. Coenraads, M. Dusinska, J. Ezendam, E. Gaffet, C. L. Galli, B. Granum, E. Panteri, V. Rogiers, Ch. Rousselle, M. Stepnik, T. Vanhaecke, N. von Götz, S. Wijnhoven, A. Koutsodimou, W. UterThe SCCS adopted this document by written procedure on 7 May 2021 (12 Pages)Mise en ligne 10 Mai 2021 https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/default/files/scientific_committees/consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_254.pdfOn request from: European CommissionSCCS Number: SCCS/1632/21Adopted on: 7 May 2021Conclusion of the opinion:1. In light of the data provided and taking under consideration the available scientific literature, does the SCCS consider the 0.05% threshold for labelling formaldehyde releasing substances adequate to protect consumers?The SCCS considers that the present threshold does not sufficiently protect consumers sensitised to formaldehyde from exposure to free formaldehyde from formaldehyde releasers.2. Does the SCCS consider necessary to change the 0.05% threshold and at which level?Reducing the present threshold by a factor of 50, that is, to 0.001% (10 ppm), will protect the vast majority of consumers sensitised to formaldehyde. This threshold applies to the total free formaldehyde irrespective of whether a product contains one or more formaldehyde releaser(s).Keywords:SCCS, scientific advice, formaldehyde, Regulation 1223/2009, CAS No. 50-00-0, EC No. 200-001-8, SCCS/1632/21Opinion to be cited as:SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), Scientific advice on the threshold for the warning ‘contains formaldehyde’ in Annex V, preamble point 2 for formaldehyde-releasing substances, final version of 7 May 2021, SCCS/1632/21.

Details

Language :
English
ISBN :
978-92-76-54758-7
ISBNs :
9789276547587
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (European Commission). 2021, Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (European Commission), Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS)., 2022, Publications Office of the European Union, 978-92-76-54758-7. ⟨10.2875/269855⟩
Accession number :
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