In June, Cefic published its 2020 report on the reported cases of non-compliant imported products to the EU via the EU’s Rapid Alert System. Last year, in context of the
The Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) entered into application in September 2013, repealing the older Biocidal Products Directive (BPD). As required by Article 65(4) of the BPR, the Commission, based on
The first half of 2021 has been busy with several public consultations launched by the European Commission to collect input from relevant stakeholders on the main blocks of the chemical
The Microbial Control Executive Council has the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation under the Sustainable Products Initiative which will see the revision of the scope of the Ecodesign directive in a way
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), published 14 October 2020, offers both challenges and opportunities for biocides. EU legislators are currently very busy defining new concepts for the substantial amount
The COVID-19 outbreak has given us the opportunity to rethink how we protect ourselves from invisible but very real germs. When the pandemic struck, company members of the Microbial Control
“At MCEC, we believe microbial control is essential to the success of the European Green Deal” said Paul Girard, Manager of the Microbial Control Executive Council, at the Biocides Europe
In November, the Microbial Control Executive Council (MCEC) contributed to a public consultation launched by the European Commission on the so-called Sustainable Product Initiative. This initiative will result in a
MCEC and its members remind users to pay attention to the use of disinfectants at home and at work in order to avoid unwanted possible adverse health impacts. Covid-19 remains
“Options to completely avoid in-can preservatives are scarce and in general combined with adverse side-effects”, German Institute says. Any consumer or professional would recognise that a product that degrades too
“Disinfectants are essential products, also beyond health crises” MCEC reminds the European Commission in response to the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Roadmap On 9 May 2020, the European Commission
“There is evidence to link increasing temperatures to higher incidences of infections by several foodborne pathogens like Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in different parts of the world” states the
Microbial control technologies are the building blocks for a wide range of disinfectants and antimicrobial products. Following the COVID-19 outbreak and emergency measures taken by the governments across the EU,
This week the MCEC and its members attended the European Coatings Show 2019 to showcase the good work being carried out on behalf of the biocides industry. Members were present
The MCEC’s Chair, Michael Schäfer (LANXESS), participated in a Q&A session with PCI Magazine for its January 2019 edition on the activities of the MCEC and its plans for future.
Major shifts in global temperatures have had an adverse effect on water supplies across the world, and the importance of the role of microbial control technologies in safeguarding water supplies
The MCEC’s Chair, Michael Schäfer (LANXESS), penned an article for the European Coatings Journal on the status of biocides regulation in the European Union and the role the MCEC plays
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