COT Meeting: 27th October 2020

Meeting Agenda

1. Apologies for absence
2. Draft minutes of May meeting TOX/MIN/2020/06
3. Matters arising
4. Discussion paper on the approach for the review of the dioxintolerable daily intake (TDI) TOX/2020/49
5. Update on alternatives to conventional plastics for food and drinks packaging TOX/2020/50
6. Herbal supplements used in pregnancy TOX/2020/51
7. First draft statement combined exposure on mycotoxins TOX/2020/52
8. Presentation from Professor Tim Gant, PHE: NIHR Health Protection Research Units: What they are, what they do, and relevance for COT.
9. Testing the COC guidance on less than lifetime exposure TOX/2020/53
10. Discussion paper on the potential effects of excess iodine intake may have during preconception, pregnancy and lactation TOX/2020/54
11. Draft EFSA opinion on HBCDD TOX/2020/55
12. Update on the work of other advisory committees TOX/2020/56
13. Any other business

Next meeting of the Committee at 10.00am on Tuesday 1st December 2020 via Microsoft Teams

Media discussed during the meeting

TOX MIN 2020 - 06

Draft minutes of the meeting of the Committee at 10:00 on 15th September via Microsoft Teams

TOX 2020 - 49

Discussion paper on the approach for the review of the dioxin tolerable daily intake (TDI) 

TOX 2020 - 50

Update on Bio-based food contact materials (BBFCM)

TOX 2020 - 51

Scoping paper on Herbal Supplements used in pregnancy 

TOX 2020 - 52

First draft statement on combined exposure to mycotoxins

TOX 2020  - 53

Testing the Committee on Carcinogencity (COC) guidance on less than lifetime exposure 

Annex A of TOX 2020 - 53

Annex A of testing the COC guidance on less than lifetime exposure 

TOX 2020 - 54

Discussion paper on the potential effects of excess iodine intake during preconception, pregnancy and lactation. 

TOX 2020 - 55

EFSA public consultation on the update of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDDs) in food

Annex A of TOX 2020 - 55

Annex A of EFSA public consultation on the update of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDDs) in food

TOX 2020 - 56

Update on the work of other advisory committees 

COT Meeting: 27th October 2020 Agenda

Meeting of the Committee at 10:00, 27th October 2020 via Microsoft Teams

Final minutes of the meeting of the Committee on 27th October 2020

The final minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on Tuesday 27th October 2020 via Microsoft Teams. 

The declaration on minutes for item 5  was updated in March 2021.