News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
September 18, 2015
EFSA conference on food safety on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy can be followed live via web stream; questions for Q&A sessions can be submitted via Twitter or EFSA-Expo website
Reading time: 1 minute
September 16, 2015
JRC enters partnership with renowned university and organizes “science meets parliaments” event to improve the use of scientific evidence in policy making
Topics: JRC
Reading time: 1 minute
September 15, 2015
ECHA Committee for Risk Assessment and Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis release opinions on restriction proposals for PFOA and BPA
Reading time: 2 minutes
September 15, 2015
Food Packaging Forum and GreenBuzz to host thematic apéro on “Food packaging: Circular economy or take, make and dispose?"; September 22, 2015 in Zurich, registration now open
Topics: events
Reading time: 1 minute
September 14, 2015
New study finds that about 50% of U.S. Americans had diabetes or pre-diabetes in 2011-2012; diabetes prevalence stabilizing since 2008
Reading time: 1 minute
September 14, 2015
New JRC-study reviews regulatory measures for nanotechnology in food and feed production in different countries; only EU and Switzerland have legally binding nano-specific provisions
Reading time: 1 minute
September 11, 2015
Ensia article outlines efforts of U.S. states to demand information on chemicals of concern in consumer products from companies
Reading time: 1 minute
September 10, 2015
ECHA publishes extensive summary of scientific workshop on risk assessment of nanomaterials held on October 23-24, 2014 in Helsinki, Finland
Reading time: 1 minute
September 10, 2015
New study predicts wide-reaching global impact of marine plastic debris on seabirds
Reading time: 1 minute
September 9, 2015
New study finds molecular mechanism likely to contribute to toxic ‘cocktail effect' of EDC mixtures
Reading time: 1 minute
