14 and 15 February 2024 Under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, applicants are required to demonstrate acceptable risk from plant protection products to operators, residents, bystanders and workers. This workshop will be delivered over two morning sessions and aims to take participants through non-dietary exposure risk assessments for GB and NI plant protection product authorisations, identifying the approaches that applicants need to follow using the 2022 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Exposure Guidance. This guidance was implemented for NI assessments from 1 January 2023 and has been adopted for GB assessments from 1 January 2024. The course will be a mixture of presentations and worked examples and will be delivered by HSE regulatory scientists directly involved in this area of the authorisation process. Who should attend? Technical and regulatory staff involved in the production and submission of non-dietary human health risk assessments and associated data to HSE. Topics covered - Principles of the non-dietary exposure assessment
- Introduction to the 2014 and 2022 EFSA Exposure Guidance
- Summary of significant changes to the exposure guidance
- Operator exposure risk assessment
- Resident and bystander exposure risk assessment
- Worker exposure risk assessment
- Introduction to the online EFSA OPEX Model
- Worked examples of operator, bystander, resident and worker exposure assessments
- Recommendations for designing, conducting and assessing higher tier field studies
Registration Find out more and register for this fee paid workshop The closing date for registration is 7 February 2024. | 
