News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 23, 2017
Ellen MacArthur Foundation and IDEO release Circular Design Guide providing design methods in line with circular economy concepts
Topics: circular economy
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January 23, 2017
EFSA launches OpenFoodTox database containing toxicity information for over 4,000 chemicals found in food and feed
Topics: EFSA
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January 23, 2017
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs now available online
Topics: EFSA
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January 20, 2017
NGOs publish position paper on bioplastics in circular economy, conclude bioplastics not able to solve problems with conventional plastics, call to reduce use of all plastics
Topics: bioplastics, substitution
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January 20, 2017
EU Commission adopts recommendation to monitor mineral oil hydrocarbons in food and in materials and articles intended for food contact; 2017-2018 monitoring data to be submitted to EFSA by February 2019
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January 19, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds second meeting on the safety reevaluation of BPA; meeting minutes available online
Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA
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January 19, 2017
DG SANTE publishes latest meeting minutes on revised EDC criteria, summarizes different concerns raised by EU Member States
Topics: DG SANTE, ECHA, EFSA, endocrine disruptor, European Commission, European Parliament, JRC, regulation
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January 19, 2017
DG SANTE conducts survey on the use of compliance documentation as required under the plastic FCM regulation, aims to identify problems and inform development of new FCM legislation; survey open until February 10, 2017
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January 19, 2017
EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre baseline study on non-harmonized food contact materials finds shortcomings in risk assessment practices, disparities among national lists of authorized substances, and lack of testing methods; common standards are needed
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January 18, 2017
New scientific study describes absence of estrogenicity of tetramethyl bisphenol F, a monomer for novel can coatings; tests with can coating extracts support this finding
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