News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
April 29, 2015
Secret Science Act supported by US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Topics: EPA, regulation
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April 29, 2015
Study finds strong significant associations between serum concentrations of several perfluorinated alkylated substances and miscarriage risk in Danish women
Topics: exposure, fluorinated substances
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April 29, 2015
Review on use of herbs, spices and their bioactive compounds in active packaging; research is needed to investigate how these additives interact with biopolymer matrices
Topics: active packaging
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April 29, 2015
US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed chemical safety bill to reform TSCA
Topics: regulation, TSCA
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April 28, 2015
Italian researchers consider BPA contamination in soft drinks to be of risk for children’s health
Topics: bisphenol A, exposure
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April 28, 2015
German company develops barrier films to prevent migration of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) into food
Topics: migration, mineral oils
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April 27, 2015
ILSI Europe will hold its 6th International Symposium on Food Packaging in November 2016 in Barcelona, Spain
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April 27, 2015
French study suggests that tolerable daily intake (TDI) for perchlorate could be exceeded in some children, sources of perchlorate must be fully identified to reduce exposure
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April 27, 2015
Study suggests BPA is efficiently metabolized in newborns
Topics: bisphenol A, exposure
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April 24, 2015
Spanish NGO publishes survey on prevalence of bisphenol A in food packaging, calls for greater transparency and consumer protection by legal action.
Topics: bisphenol A
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