News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
February 15, 2018
Chemical Watch holds webinar on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ annual ranking of retailers’ actions to reduce toxic chemicals in their products, February 23, 2018
Topics: green chemistry, substitution
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February 15, 2018
New study by Harvard scientists finds association between higher PFASs blood levels and greater weight gain after dieting; high PFASs levels also linked to low resting metabolic rates
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February 14, 2018
EFSA’s CEF Panel discusses plastic recycling processes and new mandates for evaluating food contact substances at 73rd plenary meeting held January 23-25, 2018
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February 14, 2018
EU Commission issues new regulation on the use of bisphenol A in plastic food contact materials, varnishes and coatings, infant ‘sippy’ cups; applies from September 6, 2018
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February 13, 2018
Plastics Recyclers Europe report increase in recycling capacity for flexible polyethylene plastics, call for monomaterial alternatives to unrecyclable multilayer materials
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February 13, 2018
EFSA holds scientific colloquium on the use of omics in risk assessment of food and feed products, April 24-25, 2018 in Berlin; registration now open, spaces limited
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February 12, 2018
Chemical Watch holds webinar on EU Commission’s Circular Economy Package, February 14, 2018; focus on interface between chemicals, products, waste
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February 12, 2018
EFSA report summarizes comments received regarding genotoxicity assessment of chemicals in food and feed
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February 9, 2018
U.S. Congress hearing on International Agency on the Research for Cancer addresses future funding; critics question agency's scientific integrity; defenders talk of industry-lead campaign to discredit IARC’s monographs on carcinogens program
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February 9, 2018
Danish consumer council finds cadmium, lead, mineral oils, polyaromatic hydrocarbons in dark chocolate; 5 of 12 tested brands with elevated levels
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