News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
April 9, 2020
Scientists review studies reporting that some endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can affect development and functions of human immune cells; consequences include altered responses to infections and development of immune related diseases; food contact material (FCM)-relevant immunomodulatory EDCs include bisphenols, phthalates, triclosan
Reading time: 2 minutes
April 9, 2020
FDA scientists review currently available tools, discuss how they might be used for developmental immunotoxicity assessment of food contact materials
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April 9, 2020
Literature review estimates 20% of sampled aquatic organisms have microplastics in stomach and intestines, average of 4 microplastic particles per organism; call for urgent standardization of analytical methods
Topics: microplastics
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April 9, 2020
U.S. state of Washington to hold next webinar on alternatives assessment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging; discussion with stakeholders to focus on essential functions and possible over-engineering of PFAS-containing products
Topics: PFAS, regulation
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April 8, 2020
European Committee of the Regions launches stakeholder consultation to inform upcoming opinion on circular economy action plan, targets local and regional authorities and their stakeholder associations; comments due by May 29, 2020
Topics: circular economy, regulation
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April 7, 2020
Notification to World Trade Organization (WTO) expands regulations to cover ceramic cooking ware, sets migration limits of 0.5 mg/L for lead and 0.05 mg/L for cadmium
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April 7, 2020
Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches free training program split into weekly webinars and online discussion space; open to everyone, begins April 15, 2020
Topics: circular economy
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April 7, 2020
European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) publishes progress report on action plan to update data in REACH registration dossiers; announces over 1,700 dossiers updated in 2019, covers nearly 75% of registrations above 1,000 metric tons per year
Topics: REACH
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April 6, 2020
Minutes from recent meetings of the EFSA CEP panel and working groups on bisphenol A, FCMs, and recycling plastics published; 13th CEP Panel plenary meeting on April 28-30, 2020 open to observers, registration open until April 24
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April 6, 2020
Chemical Watch webinar to discuss challenges, trends, and opportunities in food contact materials (FCMs); include presentations from Nestlé and HAVI
Topics: business models, recycling
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