News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
August 10, 2018
Collaborative industry innovation challenge leads to development of safer preservatives for consumer products
Topics: green chemistry, substitution
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August 10, 2018
European Plasticisers deems inclusion of endocrine disrupting properties of DEHP, DBP, BBP, DIBP in Authorization List ‘unnecessary overregulation’ that will put ‘excessive burdens' on industry
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August 9, 2018
Vietnam launches national chemical database system containing over 170,000 substances
Topics: regulation
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August 9, 2018
Washington Post discusses exposure to environmental chemicals during pregnancy, risks posed to unborn children
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August 9, 2018
EU Joint Research Centre develops method to determine migration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from plastic and rubber articles with focus on dermal contact
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August 8, 2018
NGO ChemSec discusses why REACH is moving too slowly and all substances meeting SVHC criteria should be added to Candidate List
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August 8, 2018
German economic and energy ministry to amend assessment of metals for drinking water contact, adds copper-tin-phosphorus alloys to positive list
Topics: metals, water pipes
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August 7, 2018
UK Local Government Association finds only one third of collected plastic food packaging is recyclable, calls for better packaging design, ban on low-grade plastics, greater contribution of producers to cost of collection and disposal
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August 7, 2018
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals adds new data sources and assessment tools to its Human Exposure Assessment Tools Database
Topics: risk assessment
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August 7, 2018
Summary of workshop on ‘Scientific advances and challenges in safety evaluation of food packaging materials’ now published
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