News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
February 1, 2016
New OECD documents on physico-chemical properties and grouping/read-across for safety assessment of nanomaterials available
Topics: nanomaterials
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February 1, 2016
Health and Environment Alliance submits comments to Commission’s BPA roadmap, recommends banning all bisphenols with endocrine disrupting properties for FCMs
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January 29, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel publishes scientific opinion on safety assessment of FCMs, including technical report on the public consultation; recommends migration testing of finished FCMs and revisiting consumer exposure as well as requirements for toxicity data
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January 28, 2016
Workshop at the European Parliament discusses several major challenges to current FCM regulation and enforcement, unites diverse stakeholders in their call for improvements
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January 27, 2016
Plastic pollution affecting every corner of planet Earth with damaging, long lasting impact, new study shows
Topics: microplastics
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January 27, 2016
Companies DuPont and Archer Daniels Midland develop chemical process to convert fructose into building block for biobased packaging polymers
Topics: bioplastics
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January 26, 2016
Non-profit organization HEAL publishes press release on regulation of FCMs in the EU; highlights necessity of regulating all types of FCMs and prohibiting use of SVHCs and EDCs
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January 26, 2016
Non-profit organization CHEM Trust releases policy briefing on regulation of FCMs in the EU; recommends better integration with REACH and reduction of chemicals of concern
Topics: circular economy, DG SANTE, endocrine disruptor, European Commission, NIAS, REACH, regulation, SVHC
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January 25, 2016
Danish consumer council tests drinking bottles made of plastic, metal, and glass; almost no chemicals of concern detected; 1 metal bottle released small amounts of aluminum, 1 plastic bottle showed small overall chemical migration into sour liquids
Topics: migration
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January 25, 2016
JRC publishes review of OECD nanomaterials testing and assessment program
Topics: nanomaterials
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