News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 28, 2016
European Court of Justice decision strengthens public access to data about chemical emissions into the environment; industry association worries about confidentiality of business information
Topics: regulation
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November 25, 2016
European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) calls upon the European Commission to develop harmonized legislation for glass as food packaging material
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November 25, 2016
China publishes 53 mandatory national standards for food contact materials and additives, replacing all previous regulations
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November 25, 2016
EU Member States ‘not ready to vote’ on EDC criteria; deputy director-general of Commission’s DG SANTE to meet Parliament’s Environment Committee next week; Parliament to vote on EDC criteria in three months
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November 25, 2016
Fresenius Academy holds 7th International Conference on EDCs; UK regulatory representative and pesticide industry call for inclusion of ‘potency perspective’ in EDC identification criteria; most other country representatives and NGOs in favor of hazard-based identification
Topics: endocrine disruptor, events
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November 24, 2016
Bavarian food control authority finds MOSH and MOAH in advent calendar chocolate; Foodwatch recommends avoiding consumption of tainted products and calls for stricter regulation of mineral oils in food
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November 24, 2016
Health advocate Wemos measures BPA and phthalates in Dutch politicians’ urine and asks Dutch government to take action against EDCs
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November 24, 2016
Nature commentary by Leonardo Trasande summarizes science on endocrine disruptors; calls on European Parliament to adopt science-based criteria for identification of EDCs to protect human health
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November 23, 2016
Danish consumer council finds BADGE in metal packaging of tuna as well as plasticizers in the metal closure of a tuna glass jar; none of the tested packaging products contained BPA, BPF, or BPS; all tuna fish contained heavy metals, some contained BADGE and one ATBC
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November 23, 2016
Two perfluoroalkyl containing oil and water repellents can no longer be used in paper and board FCMs in the U.S.; petition to FDA claimed the substances’ use has been abandoned
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