News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
December 1, 2017
International Chemical Secretariat states that SIN List is ‘more relevant’ than REACH Candidate List for companies looking to identify chemicals to substitute; exposes ECHA’s insufficient focus on ‘non-registered’ substances, lack of progress on ‘already tackled’ substances
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December 1, 2017
EU Commission considers creating FCM stakeholder forum for public interest groups; forum to convene at least once a year to provide input on current and future regulations
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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November 30, 2017
EU Commission publishes regulation on EDC criteria for biocides, to be applied from June 7, 2018; draft guidance to implement EDC criteria expected in early December 2017
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November 30, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds 13th and 14th meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online
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November 29, 2017
U.S. NAS workshop suggests comparing non-animal tests to human, not rodent, data, predicts alternatives to soon replace whole-animal tests; ECHA sees “long-way” until regulatory acceptance of alternatives for complex endpoints
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November 28, 2017
EU Commission publishes roadmap for evaluation and fitness check of food contact materials regulation 1935/2004; stakeholder feedback accepted until December 26, 2017
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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November 28, 2017
European Human Biomonitoring Initiative holds stakeholder workshop, presents strategy for the 2nd prioritization round, discusses short list of substances
Topics: biomonitoring
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November 28, 2017
German Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) invites to forum on mineral oils; addresses analytical methods, toxicology, risk assessment and regulation of mineral oils
Topics: events, mineral oils
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November 27, 2017
Zurich University of Applied Sciences holds annual symposium; developments in sustainability, migration, and active and intelligent packaging discussed
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November 27, 2017
European plastic industry associations support re-use and recycling goals of EU Commission’s Circular Economy Package, call for separate collection of packaging waste
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