News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 19, 2016
Danish consumer council tests plastic lunch boxes and food containers; no chemicals of concern detected; some containers showed considerable overall chemical migration into warm fatty foods
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January 19, 2016
2nd international conference on food and beverage packaging in June 2016 in Rome, Italy
Topics: events
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January 18, 2016
European Parliaments hosts workshop on food contact materials on January 26, 2016 in Brussels; registration open until January 19, 2016
Topics: events
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January 18, 2016
Article discusses bacterial growth, chemicals of concern, and other issues of using 3D printed objects for food contact
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January 18, 2016
Article in The Intercept outlines how U.S. chemicals regulation reform overrides states’ efforts to restrict toxic chemicals
Topics: regulation, TSCA
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January 18, 2016
French National Assembly adopts new regulation endorsing safer alternatives to toxic chemicals
Topics: regulation
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January 14, 2016
U.S. FDA issues favorable opinion on new post-consumer polystyrene recycling process for manufacture of food contact articles
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January 13, 2016
Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment and several NGOs criticize European Commission’s inaction following EU court ruling regarding the setting of EDC criteria
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January 13, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers FCMs made from post-consumer PET recycling processes ‘Sumilon Eco PET SARL’ and ‘ITD’ safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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January 13, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers substances tetraethyl orthosilicate and hexamethyldisilazane safe for use in recycled PET intended for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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