News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
March 16, 2020
European Environmental Bureau recommends tasks for ECHA to increase transparency, enable precautionary principle, allocate burden of proof onto industry, promote substitution; plans to evaluate and communicate on progress made in one year
Topics: REACH
Reading time: 1 minute
March 13, 2020
Report cautions current regulatory approaches focused on plastics, instead encourages improving careful management of all materials; calls for urgent review of food contact materials, implementation of fiscal measures to reduce use across material types
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 13, 2020
Article discusses regulatory complexity caused by lack of harmonized EU FCM laws, failure to integrate REACH, increase in national regulations to address gaps; suggests considering positive list approach taken under drinking water directive
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 13, 2020
Government announces tax on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content beginning April 2022; £200 per metric ton set to be charged, exemptions will exist for small quantities
Topics: plastics, regulation
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 12, 2020
European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) article and position paper recognize chemical recycling as complementary solution to boost plastics recycling, support circular economy; call for greater supply chain collaboration, backing from policymakers
Topics: chemical recycling
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March 12, 2020
Launch of new European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) tool aims to help small and medium enterprises more easily determine which EU legislation applies to chemicals; current version covers 40 pieces of legislation, 16 additional pieces to be added in 2021
Topics: ECHA, regulation
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March 11, 2020
European Commission’s new plan includes specific aims to simplify packaging materials, reduce unnecessary packaging use, set mandatory requirements for recycled content, remove hazardous chemicals from product life cycles; timelines for individual initiatives published
Topics: circular economy, European Commission
Reading time: 4 minutes
March 11, 2020
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) publishes assessment and outcome from public consultation, finds insufficient data to complete robust exposure assessment and risk characterization; no health-based guidance value defined
Topics: chlorinated paraffins, EFSA
Reading time: 1 minute
March 9, 2020
European recycling association EuRIC AISBL shows concern for lack of interface between EU chemicals, product, and waste legislation; provides recommendations to support circular economy including harmonizing EU waste legislation, derogations for legacy substances
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 6, 2020
Study by German Environment Agency (UBA) scientists reports concentration of 23 plasticizers in major German river basins, finds significant increases of di(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (DPHP), voices concern that total environmental burden from plasticizers has not changed since mid-2000s
Topics: phthalates
Reading time: 2 minutes
