News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
April 16, 2015
CEF Panel considers zinc oxide to be safe in nanoform, concerns exist over migration of soluble ionic zinc
Topics: EFSA, nanomaterials
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April 16, 2015
New French film addressing a general audience shows different critical issues related to (food) packaging; highlights solutions and innovations
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April 16, 2015
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers recycling processes of post-consumer PET safe for all types of foodstuffs except packaged water
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April 16, 2015
Study evaluates use of NHANES biomarker data in chemical risk assessments, more than 100 articles that examine these data expected to be published each year
Topics: biomonitoring, NHANES
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April 15, 2015
Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) assessed current state of affairs with regards to development and use of nanomaterials
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April 14, 2015
Henkel holds series of webinars with its food safety experts
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April 13, 2015
In-depth review on mutagenic/genotoxic aspects of essential oils intended for use in active food packaging
Topics: active packaging
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April 10, 2015
Environmental Working Group detected direct and indirect food additive propyl paraben in nearly 50 US snack foods
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April 10, 2015
Society of Toxicology and U.S. Food and Drug Administration make internal training colloquia publicly available
Topics: risk assessment
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April 9, 2015
Interlaboratory comparison study identifies reproducible cytotoxicity assay for nanomaterials
Topics: JRC, nanomaterials
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