News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
June 14, 2018
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online
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June 14, 2018
Food Packaging Forum presents its new study on the chemical safety of food packaging materials in the circular economy in webinar on June 26, 2018; registration now open
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June 13, 2018
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) calls on EU Commission to release strategy for non-toxic environment, recommends 12 priority actions
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June 13, 2018
Head of UN Environment discusses chemical migration from plastic food packaging, microplastic pollution, calls on people to ‘break up with single-use plastic’
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June 12, 2018
FPF publishes 2nd edition of NIAS dossier and updated summary article, including new examples of non-intentionally added substances and risk assessment concepts; German translation of dossier available
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June 12, 2018
ECHA adds 2 searchable databases to European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials; resources contain information on nano-science and -technology, toxicological properties
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June 12, 2018
Food Packaging Forum held webinar on brand owners’ product stewardship for food packaging, June 11, 2018; video recording and presentation slides now available
Topics: compliance, events
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June 11, 2018
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on food contact materials now available online
Topics: EFSA
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June 11, 2018
EU Commission publishes 11th amendment to plastic FCM regulation, authorizes 2 new food contact substances, changes specific migration limits for 2 existing Union List substances
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June 8, 2018
Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging reports steel packaging recycling in Europe at record high 79.5% in 2016; ‘well on track’ for self-imposed target of 80% recycling by 2020
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