News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
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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January 12, 2016
Review paper identifies environmental factors such as exposure to EDCs as significant contributor to increase in male reproductive disorders and decreasing fertility
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January 12, 2016
Article in Environmental Health Perspective outlines how epidemiological studies can approach individual, interactive and cumulative effects of chemicals in mixtures on human health
Topics: epidemiology, mixture toxicity
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January 12, 2016
Article discusses history of PFOA, focusing on environmental and public health effects, legal consequences and regulatory implications
Topics: fluorinated substances
Reading time: 2 minutes
January 11, 2016
Petcore Europe hosts workshop on tracers in plastic packaging to optimize sorting in February 2016 in Brussels
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