September 23, 2015
Startup company Skipping Rocks Lab creates edible water capsule as alternative to bottled water
Topics: bioplastics
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News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
September 22, 2015
Belgium calls companies to register nanosubstances and mixtures containing nanosubstances before January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2017, respectively; registration exemption for food contact materials
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September 22, 2015
Research project of National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, finds that EDC exposure during fetal life and via breast milk increases breast development in young female rats
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September 21, 2015
Four webinars and one in-person workshop on in vitro to in vivo extrapolation hosted by U.S. National Toxicology Program between October 2015 and February 2016
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September 21, 2015
French Constitutional Court removes ban on manufacture and export of BPA-containing FCMs; ban remains valid for French market
Topics: bisphenol A, regulation
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September 18, 2015
ECHA launches platform with guidance for industry on replacing toxic chemicals and hosts webinars on the topic
Topics: ECHA
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September 18, 2015
EFSA conference on food safety on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy can be followed live via web stream; questions for Q&A sessions can be submitted via Twitter or EFSA-Expo website
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September 16, 2015
JRC enters partnership with renowned university and organizes “science meets parliaments” event to improve the use of scientific evidence in policy making
Topics: JRC
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September 15, 2015
ECHA Committee for Risk Assessment and Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis release opinions on restriction proposals for PFOA and BPA
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September 15, 2015
Food Packaging Forum and GreenBuzz to host thematic apéro on “Food packaging: Circular economy or take, make and dispose?"; September 22, 2015 in Zurich, registration now open
Topics: events
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