Meeting

PFAS 1st Meeting: Monday 7th August 2023

Last updated: 14 August 2024

Agenda

1st Meeting: Monday 7th August 2023 13:30-16:30 via MS Teams.

  1. Welcome and Introductions.
  2. Terms of reference for the COT PFAS subgroup. (see background information: COT position paper (2023) and associated discussion papers).
  • Agree TOR PFAS/2023/01.
  • Assess Membership and additional support available, consider the need for further expertise.

     3. Proposed workplan.

  • Joint COT and COC Synthesis and Integration of Epidemiological and Toxicological Evidence subgroup (SETE) approach (see background information: SETE report, and Synthesising Epidemiological Evidence Subgroup (SEES) report).
  • Method for presentation of available data PFAS/2023/02.
  • Thyroid endpoint PFAS/2023/03.

     4. Any other business.
     5. Next meeting.

Background information:

Other documents for interest and awareness:

Attendance

Role Name
 Chair:   Prof Shirley Price  (Member of the COT)
Working Group Members: Full Members and Associate Members of the COT

Dr James Coulson 

Dr Phil Botham 

Prof Matt Wright 

Prof Þórhallur Ingi Halldórsson - HI 

Dr David Lovell 

Dr Steve Enoch 

Dr Tarek Abdelghany 

Secretariat: 

Barry Maycock   Food Standards Agency (FSA)  

Britta Gadeberg   UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA )

Cath Mulholland Food Standards Agency (FSA)    

Sophy Orphanos  Food Standards Agency (FSA) 

Secretariat support – IEH consulting 

Sarah Bull  

George Kowalczyk 

Joanna Wilding 

Melinda Evans 

Assessors and Other Government Departments:

Ian Martin        Environment Agency (EA) 

Alun James     Environment Agency (EA) 

Holly Alpren     Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Liz Lawton       Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Sam Fletcher   Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)  From 14:30.

Ovnair Sepai   UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA )

Apologies: Prof Gunter Kuhnle (COT Member)