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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.

November 4, 2013

New EU project on EDC alternatives

LIFE-EDESIA project to investigate alternatives to phthalates, bisphenols and parabens; kick-off meeting in October 2013

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November 4, 2013

Sweden: Action plan on nanomaterials

Swedish government publishes action plan on nanomaterials, demands REACH revision for nanomaterials and more research into public health and environmental risks

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November 4, 2013

New FPF report: New approaches to detect NIAS in FCMs

New peer-reviewed publication addresses major challenge for FCM safety assessment: non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) 

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November 1, 2013

Controversy about advice to pregnant women manufactured

NGO Health & Environment reports on reaction to US and UK medical  advice to pregnant women on chemical exposures

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October 31, 2013

Recordings of TTC workshop available online

Food Packaging Forum publishes recordings and presentations of workshop on Threshold of Toxicological Concern, freely accessible

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October 31, 2013

EFSA calls for study proposal on implications of new EFSA FCM guidelines

EFSA to commission study of implications of new FCM guidelines, some chemicals may require re-evaluation

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October 30, 2013

Printing ink exposure from FCM significantly underestimated

New study investigates occurrence of photoinitiators in carton board packaging, finds benzophenone present in 50% of samples, surface to mass ratio 6 times higher than in EU legislation
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October 30, 2013

NGO lists dirty dozen of EDCs

Environmental Working Group publishes list of worst endocrine disruptors, recommendation on how to avoid them

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October 30, 2013

NHANES database may underestimate consumption

New study questions validity of important biomonitoring data collection, reported caloric intake does not correspond to physiologic features

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October 30, 2013

New FPF report: Presence of UV filters in carton board and food

German researchers detect UV filters in carton board packaging, food and food simulants; packaging surface per kg of food larger than regulatory default

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