News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
March 30, 2016
Article in Nature Reviews highlights different effect potential of manmade vs. natural estrogens in the case of soy and bisphenol A in a study with women undergoing in vitro fertilization
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March 30, 2016
Extensive analysis in the U.S. and Canada finds most food cans still coated with BPA-based epoxy; BPA-free alternatives may be questionable
Topics: bisphenol A, coating
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March 29, 2016
Study estimates costs of uterine fibroids and endometriosis linked to EDC exposure to reach nearly €1.5 billion per year
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March 29, 2016
Beverage carton and flexible packaging industry groups call for harmonized, EU-wide legislation for all types of food contact materials
Topics: regulation
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March 29, 2016
Campbell Soup Company introduces can linings made from acrylic or polyester containing no BPA; transition to non-BPA cans to be completed by mid 2017
Topics: bisphenol A, coating
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March 23, 2016
Program of Food Packaging Forum’s annual workshop taking place on October 25, 2016 is now online and registration is open
Topics: workshop
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March 22, 2016
ECHA board of appeal decides that agency has failed to sufficiently check the completeness of a substance dossier before handing out a registration number
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March 22, 2016
European Commission declines EU register for nanomaterials and confirms that new information requirements for nanomaterials under REACH will not be introduced before 2018
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March 21, 2016
Danish consumer council finds fluorocarbons and mineral oils in paper and board packaging in direct contact with food
Topics: fluorinated substances, mineral oils
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March 21, 2016
Danish consumer council finds BPA in lacquer of cans containing peeled tomatoes; alternatives BPF and BPS not detected in BPA-free cans
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