News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
July 16, 2014
Director of industry’s BPA coalition reviews BPA biomonitoring data, concludes that levels are safe but BPA replacements may be of interest
Topics: bisphenol A
Reading time: 1 minute
July 16, 2014
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment advises against beer chicken, migration of printing inks and coatings
Reading time: 1 minute
July 15, 2014
New study observes disease inheritance across generations, but finds epigenetic changes not to persist
Topics: epigenetics
Reading time: 2 minutes
July 14, 2014
Food Packaging Forum summarizes the application, regulation and health hazards of biocides
Topics: biocides
Reading time: 1 minute
July 14, 2014
Austrian researchers publish new findings on (anti)estrogen and (anti)androgen effects of various different food contact materials; polystyrene and other materials test positive
Reading time: 1 minute
July 14, 2014
Polystyrene sample found to be estrogenic and antiandrogenic in two different in vitro assays, other food contact materials’ overall migrate tested positive for estrogenicity in some cases, no final verdict on hormonal active chemicals’ identities
Topics: migration, styrene dimer
Reading time: 6 minutes
July 11, 2014
Transatlantic trade agreement proposal reflects chemical industry position to the detriment of public health and the environment; 111 NGOs send letter to TTIP negotiators
Topics: regulation
Reading time: 1 minute
July 11, 2014
Congress reintroduces bill to ban BPA, would require safety review of the safety of all food contact substances
Topics: bisphenol A, regulation
Reading time: 1 minute
July 11, 2014
EFSA elects new Chair of the Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids
Topics: bisphenol A
Reading time: 1 minute
July 10, 2014
European Commission announces a ban of landfills for recyclables by 2025; industry comments
Topics: recycling
Reading time: 1 minute
