News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
April 25, 2019
Pollution Prevention for Our Future Act calls on state department to identify and take action on priority substances and products; legislation covers food and beverage packaging, could restrict use of substances
Topics: regulation
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April 25, 2019
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry requests public to nominate new substances for development of toxicological profiles; nominations accepted until May 20, 2019
Topics: regulation
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April 25, 2019
Consultancy firm ERM holds seminar focusing on current developments in regulatory compliance; discuss non-intentionally added substances, recycling, circular economy
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April 23, 2019
Food Packaging Forum holds 7th annual workshop on October 24, 2019 in Zurich, Switzerland; registration open and full list of speakers to be announced soon
Topics: workshop
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April 23, 2019
Health Canada publishes updated document to support identification of substances with low human health hazard potential; application demonstrated through subset of 14 substances
Topics: Canada, hazard assessment
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April 23, 2019
Resolution passes in EU Parliament calling for EU Commission to act swiftly to ensure human and environmental protection from endocrine disrupting chemicals; specifically calls for revising regulation on food contact materials no later than June 2020
Topics: endocrine disruptor, European Parliament
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April 23, 2019
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to host webinar on understanding and applying read-across, with a special focus on fluorinated substances
Topics: PFAS, risk assessment
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April 18, 2019
EU Parliament votes to approve revisions to the EU’s General Food Law; next step for Council of Ministers to formally approve text before entering into force
Topics: European Parliament, regulation
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April 18, 2019
New organization Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) aims to support better coordinated and more efficient research in the field of endocrine disrupting chemicals; built as a non-profit coalition by scientists for scientists
Topics: endocrine disruptor
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April 18, 2019
Horizon 2020 research project on mixture risk assessment to hold series of five webinars; will provide understanding of the approach developed and demonstrate use of the published toolbox
Topics: mixture toxicity
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