News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 23, 2019
Swiss Recycling to host forum on EU’s circular economy package; discuss status of Switzerland within the field; registration now open
Topics: circular economy, events
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January 22, 2019
Symposium on April 9th-10th to focus on nanotechnology and include discussions on food packaging, the food chain, and regulation of nanomaterials in food
Topics: events, nanomaterials
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January 22, 2019
EU Commission issues decision banning SVHCs, metal-based pigments, and dyes in EU Ecolabel graphic and tissue paper products
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January 21, 2019
Audit report of EU food safety model finds it ‘overstretched’; recommends more consistency across member states and collaboration with private sector
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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January 21, 2019
ECHA notifies of intent to prepare restriction dossier for intentionally added microplastics in all consumer and professional products
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January 21, 2019
EU Regulation on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food amended; changes made to include three new substances and modify use and migration limits
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January 18, 2019
European Food Safety Authority publishes report outlining approach and future plans for data sharing
Topics: EFSA
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January 18, 2019
European Food Safety Authority publishes guidance on communicating uncertainty to complement previously published guidance on uncertainty analysis in scientific assessments
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January 18, 2019
Review article concludes that peer-reviewed literature on chemicals and health tends to focus on already-known chemicals and lacks predictive power; authors call for more explorative research given the multitude of little-studied chemicals
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January 18, 2019
European Food Safety Authority publishes statement on genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures
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