News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
June 20, 2016
Scientific project LIFE-EDESIA led by the Italian Institute of Public Health uses in silico and in vitro methods to evaluate the safety of substitute chemicals for known (phthalates and bisphenols) and suspected (parabens) EDCs
Topics: endocrine disruptor, REACH
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June 20, 2016
European Chemicals Agency adds benzo[a]pyrene, a common food chain contaminant, to Candidate List for authorization due to its carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, PBT, and vPvB properties
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June 17, 2016
EFSA’s proposal for new exposure estimates and next steps explained during 2nd International Conference on Food & Beverage Packaging in Rome
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June 17, 2016
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) announces stakeholder consultation for proposal ‘Chemical migration from packaging into food’; deadline August 5, 2016
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June 17, 2016
Scientists find strong association between breast cancer risk and total burden of xenoestrogens; in contrast, individual compounds show only weak associations, if any
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June 16, 2016
Industry, environment and health groups, as well as science community mostly express criticism and disappointment over European Commission’s proposal for EDC criteria
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June 16, 2016
European Commission proposes strongly science-based criteria to identify endocrine disruptors, endorses WHO definition, and publishes impact assessment on EDC criteria
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June 14, 2016
The Halifax Project assesses potential role of low-dose chemical mixtures in developing cancer
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June 14, 2016
Animal study at National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark finds perinatal exposure to EDC mixtures leads to earlier reproductive aging in female rats
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June 13, 2016
ECHA’s Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis agrees to restrict siloxanes D4 and D5 in personal care products
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