News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 20, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel held 3rd plenary meeting on October 23-25, 2018, with open sessions; new PET recycling processes, food contact chemicals, updated risk assessment for 5 phthalates discussed
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November 19, 2018
Director of ACS Green Chemistry Institute comments on hazardous materials as barriers to circular economy
Topics: circular economy, recycling
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November 19, 2018
Non-profit organization Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families releases annual retailer report card; restaurant chains make insufficient efforts to remove hazardous chemicals from food packaging
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November 19, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel Working Group on BPA safety reevaluation holds 3rd and 4th meeting; minutes available online
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November 16, 2018
UK’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) publishes UK Plastics Pact roadmap to 2025, outlines key actions to take to tackle plastic pollution
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November 16, 2018
Article in The Guardian ruminates on the history of plastics, reasons for current ‘backlash,’ possible outcomes and way forward
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November 16, 2018
Scientists review environmental implications of high persistence, argue that ‘highly persistent chemicals should be regulated on the basis of their persistence alone,’ regardless of bioaccumulation and toxicity propertie
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November 16, 2018
Risk assessment based on TTC and FACET methodology finds low risk for styrene dimers and trimers migrating from polystyrene food containers
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November 16, 2018
CLARITY-BPA academic study confirms increased susceptibility to hormonally induced prostate cancer in rats developmentally exposed to bisphenol A
Topics: bisphenol A, cancer
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November 15, 2018
U.S. EPA releases draft toxicity assessments for fluorinated substances ‘GenX chemicals’ and PFBS used as replacements for PFOA and PFOS; public comments accepted for 60 days after publication in Federal Register
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