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JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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The Mission of the IHCP Is
to protect the interests and health of the consumer in the framework
of EU legislation on chemicals, food, and consumer products by
providing scientific and technical support including risk- benefit
assessment and analysis of traceability.
Science for a healthier life
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IHCPDirector: Elke Anklam
Management Support Unit
Ray Crandon
Toxicology and Chemical Substances
Ana Paya Perez (Acting)
Physical & Chemical Exposure
Dimitrios Kotzias
Biotechnology and GMOs
Guy Van den Eede
Nanotechnologyand Molecular Imaging
Hermann Stamm
Validation of Biomedical Testing Methods
Laura Gribaldo (Acting)
IHCP Management Team
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IHCP Staff and Gender Balance
326159 167 Total IHCP
9 2 7 Seconded National Experts
11 1 (5) 1(4) Post-Doc Grant-holders/(Trainees)
130 75 55Contractual/Auxiliary Agents including the 20 temporary EChA Trainees
29209Temporary Agents
1475691 Officials
Total F M IHCP Staff (2007)
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Age Distribution of Staff
Permanent Staff
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25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
Age
Temporary Staff
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25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
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Competences
Life Sciences
Biology/Molecular Biology
Biometrics
Chemistry/Food Chemistry/Biochemistry
Medicine/Nutrition
Pharmacology
Toxicology
Physical Sciences
Biophysics
Engineering
Information Technology
Materials Science
Physics
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Agenda-settingIdentification of Emerging
IssuesEffectiveness &
impact assessment(A posteriori impact assessment)
Expert Advicee.g. A priori impact assessement
Validation, StandardisationCertification, benchmarking,
monitoring, checking compliance
Decision making processSelection of Policy Options
Draft legislationCrisis-response
10% 5%
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75%
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IHCP
IHCP Support in the Policy Cycle
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IHCP Policy Areas
Main topics• Alternative Methods• Chemicals and Biocides• Consumer Products Safety• Environment and Health• Food Safety• GMOs• Nanotechnology
Minor topics• Agricultural Products• Antifraud• Illicit Drugs
Future topics• Cosmetics • Nutrition and Health• Chinese Medicine
Commission Customer DGs
• ENV (40%)• SANCO (35%)• ENTR (15%)• AGRI ( 5%)• OLAF• TAXUD• TRADE ( 5%)• JLS
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Risk Assessment (mainly on Chemicals)
• Classification and Labelling
• Support to European Agency on Chemicals (Helsinki, started in July 2007)
• Evaluation and validation of alternative testing– Computational models– In-vitro testing methods (3 R methods)
• Indoor and Outdoor Exposure
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Methods
• Validation of alternative test methods (in-vitro)
• Method validation for GMOs, food contact materials, textiles, food authenticity control
• Sampling protocols
• Traceability
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Databases/Repositories
• Databases on e.g. alternative methods, IUCLID 5, European wines
• Material banks (food contact materials, wine, nanomaterials)
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Provision of robust analytical data
• Analysis in support to implementation of legislation (complementary to work carried out in IRMM)
• Genetically modified organisms
• Food contact materials
• European wine
• Chemicals from consumer products
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Innovative Tools
• Pre-spotted 96 well plates for real-time PCR
• Development of biosensors
• High-throughput systems
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Community Reference Laboratories
• Community Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials
Complementary to work carried out in JRC-IRMM (Geel): 4 CRLsComplementary to work carried out in EFSA (Parma)
• Community Reference Laboratory for GMOs in Food and Feed
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EC Customer DGsAGRI: EU wine data base; authenticity assessment of specific agricultural products
ENTR: Nanotechnology; alternative methods to replace animal testing for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; REACH implementation projects; analysis of textiles
ENV GMO detection methods; alternative methods for chemicals; risk assessment of chemicals and biocides; databases on chemicals; support to REACH implementation projects; analyses for chemical exposure
assessment; evaluation of health effects due to noise and chemicals; manufactured nanomaterials
JLS: Illicit drug profiling
SANCO: Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) on GMOs in food and feed, CRL on food contact material; exposure and risk for assessment of consumer products; toxicity of nanoparticles; tobacco ingredients
OLAF, TAXUD, TRADE:
Identification; taxation and monitoring of traded substances (food and
chemicals); consolidated antifraud techniques; tracking of GMOs in food
and feed
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)– Method validation for GMO analysis
– Contributing to EFSA's safety assessments on GMOs, food contact materials, pesticides
– Working group on nanotechnology
IHCP and European Agencies -1
European Environment Agency (EEA)– Participation in Annual Work Plan (with IES), under thematic area
Integrated Assessments and Supporting Sustainable Development
– Discussion to start up Human Exposure Data Centre
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European Medicines Agency (EMEA)2002 – IHCP activities concerning the support in the access to information on medicinal products were transferred to EMEA
IHCP and European Agencies -2
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)– Support to start-up of ECHA – it trained the first intake of
recruits and also seconded senior staff in the start-up phase– Transfer of REACH-related activities to ECHA. IHCP will
continue to support the Agency but ECB officially closed in 2008
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IHCP and its Collaboration Networks
• International Organisations: OECD, WHO, CEN, ISO
• Member States Authorities: GMOs, REACH, ….
• European Network of GMO laboratories
• ECVAM’s Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC)
• Various scientific committees (e.g., SCENIHR, SCHER, EPAA)
• Indirect Action networks (NoEs)
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Peer-reviewed IHCP publications: 2003 – 2007
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