Department of Science Service (DSS) cooperating with Office of Permanent Secretary (OPS), Ministry of Science and Technology held the workshop on “FCM Training 2017: Migration of Bisphenol A from Food Contact Materials” during March 7^th - 10^th, 2017 at Department of Science Service, Ministry of Science and Technology.

       The objective of the training aims to improve the capability of laboratory personnel of ASEAN member countries on testing of Bisphenol A migrating from food contact materials. There were 15 delegates from 7 countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam to participate in this workshop. The workshop provided the participants with the background and regulations on BPA for food contact materials, extraction of BPA from baby milk bottle and analysis of BPA by HPLC. In addition, the participants had the opportunity to visit the organizations under the Ministry of Science and Technology.