Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
The Scientific Committee on "Consumer Safety" (English: Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, SCCS) was founded in 2008 by the European Commission established. Together with the Scientific Committees “Health and Environmental Risks ” (SCHER) and “Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks” (SCENIHR), it is part of an advisory structure for scientific risk assessment in the areas of consumer safety, public health and the environment. The committee has up to 17 members - scientific experts who cover the widest possible range of scientific disciplines. These are appointed by the European Commission for three years. Originally, the maximum term of office was three consecutive terms of three years each. In 2016 the term of office was extended to five years.
Jurisdiction
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety prepares reports on all types of health and safety risks (in particular chemical, biological, mechanical and other physical risks) from non-food consumer goods (e.g. cosmetics and their components, toys, textiles, clothing, personal care products and household products (e.g., detergents, etc.) and services (e.g., tattoos, tanning beds, etc.).
Members
According to the decision of the EU Commission on August 7, 2015, the following members belong to the committee from 2016–2021:
| Surname | organization | country |
|---|---|---|
| Ulrike Bernauer | Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) | Germany |
| Laurent Bodin | Commissioner for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy (CEA) | France |
| Qasim Chaudhry (Chairman) | University of Chester | Great Britain |
| Pieter Coenraads (Deputy Chairman) | University Medical Center Groningen | Netherlands |
| Maria Dusinska | Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller | Norway |
| Janine Ezendam | National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM) | Netherlands |
| Eric Gaffet | Institute Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine | France |
| Corrado Lodovico Galli | Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Milan | Italy |
| Berit Brunstad Granum | Norwegian Institute for Public Health | Norway |
| Eirini Panteri | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece |
| Vera Rogiers (Deputy Chair) | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
| Christophe Rousselle | National Agency for Food, Environment and Health and Safety at Work (ANSES) | France |
| Maciej Stępnik | Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź | Poland |
| Tamara Vanhaecke | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
| Susan Wijnhoven | Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) | Netherlands |
| Leonardo Celleno (former member) | Columbus Integrated Complex, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
| Jeanne Duus-Johansen (former member) | National Allergy Center at The Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital | Denmark |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DECISION OF THE COMMISSION of August 5, 2008 establishing an advisory structure for scientific committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210 / EC
- ^ DG Health and Food Safety. News. European Commission, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
- ^ Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). SCCS MEMBERS. European Commission, accessed on August 28, 2019 .