News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
May 11, 2015
Editorial in Environmental Health Perspectives calls for significant innovation to find functional nonfluorinated alternatives to poly- and perfluoroalkyl acids (PFASs)
Topics: fluorinated substances
Reading time: 2 minutes
May 11, 2015
FPF holds annual workshop on October 8, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland; addresses chemical safety aspects of food packaging and provides outlook on future developments
Topics: workshop
Reading time: 1 minute
May 8, 2015
California scientific expert panel decided to add BPA to the list of chemicals known to cause reproductive harm, NRDC applauds while ACC disagrees
Topics: bisphenol A, regulation
Reading time: 2 minutes
May 8, 2015
Effects on humans who consume fish containing plastic particles requires further research
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May 6, 2015
Australian scientists review nanomaterials used in active food packaging systems and urge for further research on their migration from packaging into food
Topics: active packaging, nanomaterials
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May 6, 2015
New report evaluates business and economic value of safer chemistry
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May 6, 2015
North Rhine-Westphalia consumer protection minister demands BPA ban in FCMs and other consumer products
Topics: bisphenol A
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May 6, 2015
U.S. scientists show that low-dose BPA upregulates expression of c-Myc gene associated with variety of human cancers
Reading time: 1 minute
May 5, 2015
EU chief negotiator dismisses exclusion of chemicals from Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Topics: TTIP
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May 5, 2015
Study suggests phthalate exposure decreased in previous years, concerns remain due to potential cumulative effects of phthalates and other anti-androgens
Reading time: 2 minutes
