Agendas for Meetings of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM)

AGENDA - 9th February 2006

The next meeting of the Committee will be held at 10.30 am on Thursday 9 February 2006 in Room 137B, Skipton House, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6LH

1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes of the meeting on 13 October 2005 - MUT/MIN/05/3

3. Matters Arising (not covered by later agenda items):

4. Biological Effects of Wear Debris Generated from Metal on Metal Bearing Surfaces: Evidence for Genotoxicity - MUT/06/2

5. A comparison of the sensitivities of the in vivo rat liver UDS assay with the in vivo COMET assay - MUT/06/3

6. Background variation in Micronuclei in peripheral blood lymphocytes; Discussion paper on risk factors - MUT/06/1; Annex 1; Annex 2

7. HESI proposed work on relevance and follow-up of positive results in in-vitro genetic toxicology testing - MUT/06/6

Paper for written comments

8. Annual report 2005 - MUT/06/4

Paper for Information

9. Neri M et al, Mutation Research, 612, 1-13, 14-19, 2006 - MUT/06/5

10. Date of next meeting: 18 May 2006