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

November 19, 2015

European Bioplastics hosts 10th annual conference in Berlin, Germany; circular economy, materials and products, as well as sustainable land use discussed
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November 17, 2015

European Commission proposes chapter on trade and sustainability for TTIP; NGO says EC’s proposal fails to maintain level of chemical safety in the EU
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November 17, 2015

Dossiers provide background information about food contact materials and human health
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November 17, 2015

Meetings of EFSA’s scientific panels and Scientific Committee open for observers; Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavorings and Processing Aids will meet on November 29 - December 1, 2016
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November 16, 2015

News study finds micrcoplastics in sea salts, lake salts, and rock/well salts commercially available in China; other contamination sources in addition to plastic ocean pollution likely
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November 16, 2015

Collaborative on Health and the Environment hosts call on the effects of EDCs on brain sex differences on November 18, 2015
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November 13, 2015

Seminar held at European Parliament outlines regulation, challenges for FCMs; different stakeholders highlight need for updating existing regulation, requirement for new legislation
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November 13, 2015

European Container Glass Federation publishes latest industry data on glass packaging recycling; EU wide recycling rate reaches record 73%
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November 13, 2015

Investigative article in In These Times outlines how chemical industry influences and delays U.S. chemical regulation by informing with manipulated and misleading “science”
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November 11, 2015

UK NGO CHEM Trust outlines EU Parliament investigation on FCM regulation, Food Packaging Forum workshop, Luxemburg FCM conference, EFSA public consultation on FCM opinion, fluorinated-free popcorn in Denmark
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