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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.

January 21, 2016

Update: EU workshop on FCMs

Livestream available for the European Parliament workshop on food contact materials; broadcast starts January 26, 2016 at 12:30 CET
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January 21, 2016

Access to information on chemicals

ECHA launches new portal on its website making available information on 120,000 chemicals
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January 21, 2016

Can phthalates make you fat?

New study investigates metabolic effects of DEHP exposure in mice in vivo and in vitro; increased weight gain and fat mass, impaired insulin tolerance and changes in serum metabolites observed
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January 20, 2016

Plastics and circular economy

New report by the Ellen McArthur Foundation presents strategies to achieve a more sustainable plastics economy
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January 20, 2016

Conference on food contact compliance

International Conference on Food Contact Compliance held in September 2016 in Baveno, Italy
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January 20, 2016

Seminar on food contact plastics

European Plastic Converters Association hosts Food Contact Plastics Seminar in April 2016 in Brussels
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January 19, 2016

Chemical migration from plastic containers

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

Food and beverage packaging conference

2nd international conference on food and beverage packaging in June 2016 in Rome, Italy
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January 18, 2016

EU workshop on FCMs

European Parliaments hosts workshop on food contact materials on January 26, 2016 in Brussels; registration open until January 19, 2016
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January 18, 2016

3D printing and food contact

Article discusses bacterial growth, chemicals of concern, and other issues of using 3D printed objects for food contact
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