International Pollution Elimination Network (IPEN) webinar to explore chemicals in food contact materials, health threats of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and global policy opportunities; presentations will be available in English, Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish
Japan publishes draft evaluation procedures
Proposed evaluation procedures of food contact substances in Japan opened for public comment; efforts continue towards creation of positive list of substances, set to come into force in June 2020
Webinar on metabolic disruptors
Prof. Dr. Bruce Blumberg discusses chemicals that can interfere with the body’s fat metabolism in webinar hosted by Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) on March 21, 2018
Online colloquium on IATA for toxicology assessment
Society of Toxicology (SOT) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to co-host colloquium on Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment (IATA) for regulatory toxicology assessment on May 28, 2020; event will be livestreamed, registration open
ECHA reports on SVHC Roadmap progress
ECHA reviewed hundreds of Substances of Very High Concern in 2014
ECHA grants over 32,000 registration numbers
ECHA issues 32,515 registration numbers for dossiers submitted by final 2018 registration deadline; 1% of dossiers rejected; non-confidential data published on ECHA’s website
McDonald’s phases out PFAS
McDonald’s announces plan to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from all guest packaging materials globally by 2025
FPF Workshop 2017: Toxicological assessments and migration testing
Experts from academia, food industry and authorities present scientific and practical challenges in toxicological assessments and migration measurements
2019 ILSI symposium on food packaging
Southeast Asia Region of ILSI announces symposium on scientific development of food packaging; event will be held on September 24-25, 2019, in Penang, Malaysia
Joint action on PFASs needed
Nordic Council calls for prompt action on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; suggests measures to take in the areas public awareness, regulation, monitoring, and research