11/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission (DG Health and Food Safety) launched an online public consultation on Monday 11 February, open to all interested parties until 6 May, to assess the effectiveness of the European Regulation (1935/2004) on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. The objective is to establish, with the maximum number of contributions, whether this Regulation is meeting its objectives of protecting human health and to identify possible impacts or problems not expected in its implementation. The Regulation provides a framework to ensure that these materials do not present a danger to human health, do not lead to an unacceptable change in the composition of foodstuffs or to an alteration in their organoleptic characteristics. It imposes migration limits for certain components and labelling requirements to avoid misleading the consumer. (AN)