News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 1, 2019
European Food Safety Authority’s CEP Panel finds trimellitic acid, tris(2-ehtylhexyl) ester safe for use as plasticizer in soft PVC for making single-use wrap films or repeated use tubing
Topics: EFSA, risk assessment
Reading time: 2 minutes
November 1, 2019
European Food Safety Authority’s CEP Panel publishes scientific opinions on 10 recycling processes for post-consumer PET; all found to be safe for use in specified food contact applications
Reading time: 2 minutes
November 1, 2019
European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) reports record rate of 76% recycling of glass packaging in 2017 in the EU
Reading time: 1 minute
October 30, 2019
DG SANTE seeks information on the uses of phthalates in plastic, non-plastic, multilayer food contact materials; survey open until November 8, 2019
Reading time: 1 minute
October 30, 2019
Provides guiding principles and key elements to establish weight of evidence approach for chemical assessments; aims to support regulators in following consistent, transparent use and delivery of evidence
Topics: OECD, risk assessment
Reading time: 1 minute
October 30, 2019
German Federation of Food Law and Food Science publishes guidelines for assessment of mineral oil hydrocarbon migration from food packaging; aims to support companies in assessing current and alternative packaging to minimize migration
Topics: mineral oils
Reading time: 1 minute
October 29, 2019
7th annual Food Packaging Forum workshop focuses on accelerating science and innovation to improve the safety of food contact articles; video recordings, presentation slides, summary articles now available online
Reading time: 2 minutes
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
Reading time: 1 minute
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
