News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
December 13, 2018
Smithers Pira’s annual conference on “Plastics & paper in contact with foodstuffs” covers regulatory updates, summarizes industry initiatives, discusses future developments
Reading time: 7 minutes
December 13, 2018
Plastic bottle manufacturers face rising pressure to reduce waste and increase recycled content in PET bottles; new technology aspires to meet demand
Reading time: 2 minutes
December 13, 2018
Finalization of the EU’s non-toxic environment strategy shifted into 2019 after new European Commission in office
Topics: European Commission, non-toxic strategy
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December 13, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on phthalates reassesses safety of DBP, BBP, DEHP, DINP and DIDP for food contact plastics; updated meeting minutes now available online
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December 12, 2018
European Parliament votes to accept proposed regulatory changes to improve transparency; measures include speed-up of EFSA processes, common register of studies, criteria for confidential business information
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December 12, 2018
Various plastic industry associations and initiatives jointly hosted first annual event to report and discuss their progress in circular practices with different stakeholders
Topics: circular economy, plastics
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December 12, 2018
Study by Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future shows some U.S. paper food packaging items likely contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; call on retailers and governments to take actions
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December 11, 2018
Technical University of Denmark contributes to 2 new Horizon 2020 research projects focused on endocrine disruptors, reproductive health, thyroid hormones; to begin in 2019 and run for 5 years
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December 11, 2018
ECHA’s risk assessment and socio-economic committees agree with restriction proposal for 6 per- and polyfluorinated substances; CLP classifications adopted for four other FCM-relevant substances
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December 11, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials holds 2nd meeting; minutes now available online
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