Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment and several NGOs criticize European Commission’s inaction following EU court ruling regarding the setting of EDC criteria
EFSA updates food consumption database
EFSA releases updated Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database, includes data from EU Menu project, covers more population groups and new food categories
PFAS action plan by U.S. State of Connecticut
Interagency task force recommends reducing sources of PFAS including identifying uses in food packaging, enhancing state procurement of PFAS-free products, creation of ad-hoc group to review current research and nationwide actions
EFSA conference on transparency in risk assessment
EFSA holds stakeholder conference on October 3, proposals to be included in a revised transparency policy due in 2014
International food contact compliance conference
Italian Institute of Packaging holds 4th International Conference on Food Contact Compliance on September 20-22, 2017 in Baveno, Italy; program and registration now online
Overview of the packaging regulatory landscape
McKinsey & Company reviews packaging regulations from 30 countries around the globe; finds most focus on the beginning or end of the supply chain; groups countries into four regulatory “archetypes;” report not specific to food packaging but finds beverage packaging a large sector of packaging regulations
Report highlights needs for reuse systems, consumer demand grows
Report by City to Sea presents requirements for implementing reuse systems in UK; says majority of consumers are receptive to using reusable packaging; Chartered Institution of Waste Management urges UK to take the lead in establishing reuse systems for a circular economy
EU Commission organizes conference on EDCs
One-day conference to take place on June 1, 2015 in Brussels
Performance of in silico models for mutagenicity
Scientists evaluate performance of 4 in silico models to predict mutagenicity of food contact chemicals; applicability domain important, sensitivity for new substances poor
EFSA comments on misleading communication of BPA risks
Low health concern associated with BPA aggregate exposure was not acknowledged in communication materials to make them “accessible” to non-specialist audiences, EFSA claims