U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues final rule on food ingredients ‘generally recognized as safe’; specifies requirements for scientific evidence; notification remains voluntary
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agosto 15, 2016
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julio 29, 2021
Reuters: advanced recycling projects prove not viable at scale
News agency reports advanced and chemical recycling projects from large multinational companies “flop”; projects launched in the last few years by Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, and Delta Airlines to convert plastic waste into fuel reported to have all been dropped due to lack of economic viability
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septiembre 28, 2016
EFSA: 3rd FIP network meeting on FCMs
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held third meeting on food contact materials on May 24-26, 2016 in Parma, Italy
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febrero 25, 2014
FDA sued over GRAS program
NGO sues FDA over GRAS notification process, success would force FDA to revert back to pre-1997 rules
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julio 3, 2015
NIAS in laminated bioplastics
Study investigates composition of biodegradable adhesive and chemical migration from bioplastics laminates, identifies several NIAS, shows importance for migration testing of finished material
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julio 3, 2013
Food contact related European food alerts in 2012
2012 report on European rapid alerts of enforcement authorities shows slightly less food contact related notifications compared to 2011, Chinese imports of particular concern
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Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World
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agosto 26, 2020
Greenpeace report on reusables
Greenpeace launches report on reusables, argues that ‘reusables are doable’ also during the pandemic, which thus should not be used as an excuse to stick with throwaway plastics
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diciembre 16, 2014
Workshop on nano health and safety research
U.S. and EU organize a joint workshop to deepen collaboration in nanosafety research, to be held in March 2015 in Italy
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noviembre 30, 2021
South Korea issues updated FCM regulations
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety publishes notice containing revisions to national food contact material regulations; adds polyketones as additional raw materials, groups synthetic resins into categories, issues updated standards on recycled synthetic resins including for polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
