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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.

August 28, 2018

Opinion: Plastic packaging should be simplified

Cradle to Cradle scientist Michael Braungart calls for fewer and simplified polymers to create material cycles rather than waste
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August 28, 2018

San Francisco bans PFASs in food service ware

U.S. city San Francisco adopts law prohibiting the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in single-use food service ware by 2020
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August 27, 2018

3rd plastics update conference

Plastics Innovation Competence Centre hosts 3rd Plastics Update Conference in Fribourg, Switzerland; registration open until November 1, 2018
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August 27, 2018

Plastic pollution through the food chain

HuffPost video summarizes extent of plastic pollution, effects on wildlife and humans, proposed measures against single-use plastics
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August 27, 2018

OECD guideline on development toxicity updated

OECD adds endpoints to prenatal development toxicity testing guideline to better detect effects of endocrine disruptors
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August 24, 2018

Activated carbon to reduce migration from paperboard

Scientists investigate efficacy of activated carbon added to recycled paperboard for reducing chemical migration into food
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August 23, 2018

Denmark to launch substitution program

Danish Environmental Protection Agency announces program to collaborate with interested parties on innovation and substitution of harmful chemicals
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August 23, 2018

Sweden to introduce PFAS reporting

Sweden notifies EU of proposed obligation for companies to report PFASs in products in national register, to apply from 2019
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August 23, 2018

Packaging industry questions EU single-use plastics directive

European Organization for Packaging and the Environment and other packaging associations comment on proposed EU directive on single-use plastics, express concern over directive's quality and impact on internal market
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August 22, 2018

Conference on future of polyolefins

Annual summit on the future of the polyolefins industry to take place on January 16-17, 2019 in Antwerp, Belgium; registration now open
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