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JRC Institute for Health and Consumer
Protection http//ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ htt
p//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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IHCP Management Team
IHCP Director Elke Anklam
Management Support Unit Ray Crandon
Validation of Biomedical Testing Methods Laura
Gribaldo (Acting)
Toxicology and Chemical Substances Ana Paya
Perez (Acting)
Biotechnology and GMOs Guy Van den Eede
Nanotechnology and Molecular Imaging Hermann Stamm
Physical Chemical Exposure Dimitrios Kotzias
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IHCP Staff and Gender Balance
Total
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IHCP Staff (2007)
147
56
91
Officials
29
20
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Temporary Agents
130
75
55
Contractual/Auxiliary Agents including the 20
temporary EChA Trainees
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1 (5)
1(4)
Post-Doc Grant-holders/(Trainees)
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2
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Seconded National Experts
326
159
167
Total IHCP
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Age Distribution of Staff
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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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IHCP Support in the Policy Cycle
POLICY ANTICIPATION
Agenda-setting Identification of Emerging
Issues
POLICY EVALUATION
POLICY FORMULATION
Effectiveness impact assessment (A posteriori
impact assessment)
Expert Advice e.g. A priori impact assessement
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IHCP
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POLICY ADOPTION
Decision making process Selection of Policy
Options Draft legislation
AD-HOC POLICY SUPPORT
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Crisis-response
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Validation, Standardisation Certification,
benchmarking, monitoring, checking compliance
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
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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 GMOs in Food
  and Feed

• Community Reference Laboratory for Food Contact
  Materials

Complementary to work carried out in JRC-IRMM
(Geel) 4 CRLs Complementary to work carried out
in EFSA (Parma)
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EC Customer DGs
AGRI EU wine data base authenticity assessment
of specific agricultural products ENTR Nanotechno
logy 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 Ill
icit 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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IHCP and European Agencies -1

• 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

• 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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IHCP and European Agencies -2
European Medicines Agency (EMEA) 2002 IHCP
activities concerning the support in the access
to information on medicinal products were
transferred to EMEA

• 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
• ECVAMs 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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