News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
October 29, 2019
Thomas Backhaus reviews the Food Packaging Forum’s work in 2019; includes organization and participation in conferences and webinars, scientific projects finalized and launched
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October 29, 2019
Ana Soto presents biological mechanisms underlying non-monotonic dose-responses, explains why non-monotonicity is ‘useful to organisms, challenging for regulators,’ discusses CLARITY-BPA’s successes and limitations
Reading time: 3 minutes
October 29, 2019
Konrad Grob criticizes FCM regulation and enforcement in the EU, suggests future actions for improvement
Reading time: 4 minutes
October 29, 2019
Mette Holm gives overview of approaches to FCM inspection and control by Danish Ministry of Environment and Food; latest monitoring study on PFAS in paper and board FCMs still finds intentional addition of PFAS; Denmark bans PFAS in paper and board FCM from 2020
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October 29, 2019
David Michaels explains how ‘manufactured scientific uncertainty’ is used to delay regulatory actions on harmful products
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October 29, 2019
Innovations improving the safety of food contact articles discussed during afternoon session; panel with guests from academia, non-profit organizations, start-ups and industry
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October 28, 2019
Rethink Plastic Alliance publishes report aimed to inform policy makers at national level on effective implementation of reuse systems to eliminate single-use plastic pollution, implement EU directive
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October 28, 2019
New Plastics Economy progress report applauds steps taken by signatories, highlights reductions in virgin plastic use by corporations, new policies introduced by governments; reminds readers much still to be done by 2025; Break Free From Plastic publishes 2019 Brand Audit Report, calls on top brands to reduce single-use plastic items
Topics: circular economy, plastics
Reading time: 3 minutes
October 28, 2019
European Chemicals Agency announces draft plan for EU Member States to evaluate 74 chemicals under the Community rolling action plan (CORAP) in years 2020-2022
Topics: ECHA
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October 21, 2019
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) publishes systematic review of adverse effects and endocrine activity of bisphenol B (BPB), finds that BPB meets World Health Organization definition of an endocrine disrupting chemical
Topics: bisphenol B
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