Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online
EFSA to bridge the knowledge gap on non-plastic FCMs
Food Ingredients and Packaging (FIP) Network discussed the latest developments in the area of non-plastics FCMs, next meeting in the first half of 2015
EFSA assesses new PET recycling process
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘Coexpan Deutschland’ safe for use in food trays and containers; recycled PET articles not to be used for packaging water
EFSA approves polymeric additive for use in FCMs
New additive copolymer in nanoform to be used in PVC and PLA
EFSA: Evaluation of polymeric additive for use in FCMs
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate) copolymer cross-linked with divinylbenzene or 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate safe for use in food contact materials under certain conditions
EFSA evaluates 2 PET recycling processes
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers FCMs made from post-consumer PET recycling processes ‘Sumilon Eco PET SARL’ and ‘ITD’ safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs
Microplastics in placentas: occurrence, sources, and effects
Three studies on microplastics and the human placenta; demonstrate particle presence in several intracellular compartments of placentas for the first time; assume breastfeeding and plastic toy usage as microplastic exposure sources to lactating infants; associate placental plastics with reduced fetal growth
EFSA BPA reevaluation: 3rd and 4th meeting
EFSA’s CEP Panel Working Group on BPA safety reevaluation holds 3rd and 4th meeting; minutes available online
May French BPA action lead to EU-wide ban?
Legal consultants from Hogan Lovells review BPA ban in France
EFSA head of packaging unit confirmed as speaker
TTC workshop coming up, updated speaker line-up includes Claudia Heppner, EFSA, and Olwenn Martin, Brunel University