News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
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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April 23, 2015
Low health concern associated with BPA aggregate exposure was not acknowledged in communication materials to make them “accessible” to non-specialist audiences, EFSA claims
Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA
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April 23, 2015
Carbonated soft drinks identified as important contributor to dietary phthalate exposure
Topics: exposure, phthalates
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April 23, 2015
Korean researchers review characteristics, application type and effectiveness of current active and intelligent packaging technologies
Topics: active packaging, intelligent packaging
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April 22, 2015
Four NGOs submitted regulatory comment to US FDA to highlight that process for overseeing food additives in US violates law in their opinion
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April 22, 2015
EU works towards listing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Topics: fluorinated substances
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