News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
October 18, 2012
EFSA approved the use of materials derived from four types of recycling processes of PET bottles in food contact materials intended for long term storage.
October 16, 2012
The Federal Office for Public Health in Switzerland (BAG) states that environmental contaminant burden of substances such as phthalates and cadmium found are not at levels that would pose a risk to public health.
October 16, 2012
Final report of a German project on the extend of the presence of printing inks from packaging materials in food stuff published
October 9, 2012
The French senate adopted a legal proposition which would ban Bisphenol A in food packaging designated for children under three years of age. All other packaging intended to come into contact with food would have to state that this product is not suitable for pregnant women and children under three. The amendments made by the senate require now adoption by the French National Assembly.
October 9, 2012
A new in silico study shows that the bisphenol A metabolite MBP has a higher affinity for both human estrogen receptors
October 8, 2012
Safety of food packaging is a priority topic at the upcoming annual meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) next July in Chicago, USA.
October 4, 2012
A study investigating the association of maternal Bisphenol A levels with maternal and neonatal thyroid hormone levels finds an association between maternal urinary BPA and thyroid stimulating hormone levels in male neonates.
October 3, 2012
NGOs send letter to EU Commissioners concerning the recent announcement by EFSA for another scientific opinion on endocrine disrupting chemicals. EFSA plans to publish the opinion in March 2013.
October 2, 2012
The European Consortium for Human Biomonitoring COPHES will release human biomonitoring data from Europe in October 2012
October 2, 2012
UK survey finds eight different printing ink chemicals in food samples as well as their packaging
