Food Standards Agency
Saturday 4 July 2009
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Listen to this siteThe Working Party on Materials and Articles in Contact with Food of Drink (WPFCM) advises the Agency on the research needed to ensure that consumers are protected from chemical migration into food from packaging and other materials in contact with food.
Background
Established in 1984
Terms of Reference
To advise the Food Standards Agency on cost-effective research on materials and articles in contact with food.
This research is necessary to ensure that UK consumers are effectively protected from chemical migration from such materials and articles into food.
Members' backgrounds
3 Government officials
17 members from the wide range of industrial producers and users of food packaging
1 consumer representative
Secretariat
Food Standards Agency
Each year the Working Party on Materials and Articles in Contact with Food or Drink reviews the agency's research programmes in this area and reports accordingly.
A list of meeting dates, minutes and agendas of meetings.
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