News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
March 8, 2016
Clean Production Action releases GreenScreen List Translator, a rapid-screening appliance within its GreenScreen tool aimed at companies for identifying hazardous chemicals in products
Topics: circular economy, green chemistry
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March 8, 2016
Commissioners Andriukaitis and Vella discuss scientific criteria for identification of EDCs at press conference of EU Environment Council meeting; debate about potency continues
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March 7, 2016
EU environment ministers call for urgent action on EDCs; video published on occasion of Environment Council meeting discussing EDC criteria
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March 7, 2016
European Commission announces public consultation on the regulatory fitness of chemicals legislation in the EU (REACH not included)
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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March 7, 2016
New scientific study finds that in certain cases migration studies can be substituted by solubility measurements; modified OECD method shows solubility of select antioxidants, UV stabilizers in some food simulants is below SMLs
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March 4, 2016
Dutch institute for public health (RIVM) releases second part of its BPA report; advises reconsidering the exposure limit values at EU level and rapidly implementing further exposure reduction measures
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March 4, 2016
Scientists review the use of proteins in production of food packaging, discuss main protein sources, manufacturing methods, improvement strategies and future prospects
Topics: active packaging, bioplastics
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March 4, 2016
Endocrine Society meets European Commissioner, highlights EDCs as public health threat and urges Commissioner to adopt science-based criteria without potency cutoffs
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March 3, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers FCMs made from post-consumer PET recycling processes ‘Coopbox’, ‘Ecoiberia’, ‘ANL’, and ‘Pramia Plastic Oy’ safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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March 3, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers α-tocopherol acetate safe for use in polyolefins and concludes that migration of zinc from nanoparticles in non-plasticized polymers complies with the current SML, however concerns exist over dietary exposure from other sources
Topics: EFSA, nanomaterials
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