News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
March 17, 2017
Newly adopted revision of EU Regulation on Official Controls aims at simplifying the control system for food safety along the entire supply chain, foresees increased efficiency in preventing, eliminating or reducing health risks
Topics: Declaration of Compliance, regulation
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March 17, 2017
Scientists measure antimony in plastic consumer products; find antimony in food trays, straws, and single-use drink bottles; presence attributed to its use as a catalyst in PET
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March 16, 2017
Documentary by France 5 highlights use of food additives and what they are made of; special focus on nanoparticles
Topics: food, nanomaterials
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March 16, 2017
Study finds inverse association between mothers’ urinary phthalate levels and free testosterone blood levels in early pregnancy; lower free testosterone in mothers associated with higher prevalence of genital abnormalities in baby boys
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March 16, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds fourth and fifth meeting on the safety reevaluation of BPA; meeting minutes available online
Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA
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March 15, 2017
Food Packaging Forum held webinar on its new study on the migration of substances of very high concern from food contact materials, March 13, 2017; video recording and presentation slides now available
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March 15, 2017
Stakeholder conference held by Danish Ministry delivers recommendations for future EU chemicals regulation; conference report now available
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March 15, 2017
Column in The New York Times discusses decreasing sperm quality and fertility in men, explains links to exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals
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March 14, 2017
Cutlery, bags, cups, and other single-use plastic items banned in Dehli, India by National Green Tribunal; ban sparked by concern over air and ocean pollution
Topics: plastics
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March 14, 2017
ChemSec adds 50 new substances to SIN List; includes latest additions to REACH Candidate List as well as newly classified carcinogens, mutagens, or reprotoxicants
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