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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
October 9, 2018
6th annual Food Packaging Forum workshop focuses on new science and digital opportunities to predict the safety of food contact articles; video recordings, presentation slides, summary articles now available online
Topics: workshop
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October 9, 2018
Afternoon session of FPF Workshop 2018 discusses different approaches to ensuring FCM safety taken by industry, government, retailers, consumer organizations
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October 9, 2018
Karim Bschir from ETH Zurich argues that quality of science-based predictions does not by itself guarantee for good decisions because decisions are influenced by value preferences; values should be explicitly communicated and openly discussed by science community
Topics: risk assessment, risk communication
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October 9, 2018
Presentations at Food Packaging Forum 2018 workshop cover predictive toxicology, computational methodologies, green chemistry
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October 9, 2018
Experts identify challenges for risk assessment and management of food contact chemicals, present toxicity tests and analytical tools for safer food packaging
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October 9, 2018
China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment drafts new standards for food contact adhesives and printing inks, revises other existing standards
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October 8, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel to hold 3rd plenary meeting on October 23-25, 2018, open to observers; registration for in-person attendance open until October 12, 2018; registration deadline for webstream October 22, 2018
Topics: EFSA
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October 8, 2018
EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on phthalates reassesses safety of DBP, BBP and DEHP for food contact plastics; new meeting minutes now available online
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October 5, 2018
Scientists deem Ames test unsuitable as standalone method to evaluate genotoxicity of FCM migrates, suggest complementing it with chemical information
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October 5, 2018
Vietnamese decree specifies fines and other actions to penalize production or import of unsafe food packaging
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