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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 24, 2025
European research cluster to understand the health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) publishes roadmap for future research; highlights five transversal themes: analytical methods and representative materials, exposure and hazard assessment, risk assessment frameworks, and mitigation measures
Reading time: 2 minutes
November 21, 2025
Swiss scientists assess bisphenol migration from 162 products available in supermarket chains in Switzerland, including 16 in contact with food; find bisphenol migration from wide range of consumer products with estimated daily intake above regulatory safety threshold; call to prioritize oral-contact children’s products in regulatory surveillance
Reading time: 3 minutes
November 20, 2025
Science policy brief argues that current chemical regulation on single substances underestimates real-world combined chemical exposure and risk; calls for mitigating risks of chemical mixtures by integrating Mixture Allocation Factor (MAF) in revision of EU’s REACH regulation; proposes starting with MAF of five
Topics: mixture toxicity, regulation
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November 18, 2025
U.S. Plastics Pact, WRAP, and Upstream announce scoping phase of Reuse in Retail Initiative; aims to help brands, retailers, and reuse providers identify feasible applications for reuse in retail; initiative will conclude in 2028 with launch of reuse program in U.S.
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November 5, 2025
In 2023, the EU generated a total of 79.7 million tonnes of packaging waste; equates to 177.8 kg per person; of which 120.0 kg were recycled; California estimates 8.5 million tonnes of single-use packaging waste in landfills; most waste in EU and California made up of paper and plastic
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November 4, 2025
European Parliament adopts final text of ‘one substance, one assessment’ package; three proposals aim to improve and streamline chemical safety assessments across the EU; now needs to be adopted by European Council of Ministers
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October 30, 2025
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) literature review confirms Food Packaging Forum findings that microplastics can be released from food contact materials (FCMs) during use; identifies mechanical stress and fiber shedding as key particle release mechanisms; summarizes methodological shortcomings, data gaps, and recommendations
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October 29, 2025
India issues a draft regulation proposing the ban of PFAS in the manufacture of food contact materials (FCMs); also, FCMs made with polycarbonate or epoxy resins must be BPA-free; effective December 10, 2025; California requests information on p,p’-bisphenols for possible listing in Proposition 65 as toxic to reproduction; includes most common bisphenols in food packaging production; submissions open until December 1, 2025
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October 28, 2025
Food Packaging Forum (FPF) tailors its datasets to support European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) call for evidence for substances in packaging and packaging waste; data definitively shows 458 chemicals in single use food packaging on the European market, 147 of which have known hazards
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October 21, 2025
Food Packaging Forum (FPF) submits comments on Switzerland’s draft amendments to the Ordinance on the Prevention and Disposal of Waste, and new Regulation on Packaging; FPF welcomes progress but identifies evidence-based need for clearer prioritization of reuse over recycling, stronger chemical safety, and closer alignment with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Reading time: 4 minutes
