News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 27, 2025
2030 Plastics Agenda for Business from Ellen MacArthur Foundation guides businesses in reducing plastic waste and pursuing circularity; advocates for continued development, collaboration, policy advocacy; builds on and addresses existing challenges faced within their Global Commitment.
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November 24, 2025
European research cluster to understand the health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) publishes roadmap for future research; highlights five transversal themes: analytical methods and representative materials, exposure and hazard assessment, risk assessment frameworks, and mitigation measures
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November 21, 2025
Swiss scientists assess bisphenol migration from 162 products available in supermarket chains in Switzerland, including 16 in contact with food; find bisphenol migration from wide range of consumer products with estimated daily intake above regulatory safety threshold; call to prioritize oral-contact children’s products in regulatory surveillance
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November 20, 2025
Science policy brief argues that current chemical regulation on single substances underestimates real-world combined chemical exposure and risk; calls for mitigating risks of chemical mixtures by integrating Mixture Allocation Factor (MAF) in revision of EU’s REACH regulation; proposes starting with MAF of five
Topics: mixture toxicity, regulation
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November 18, 2025
U.S. Plastics Pact, WRAP, and Upstream announce scoping phase of Reuse in Retail Initiative; aims to help brands, retailers, and reuse providers identify feasible applications for reuse in retail; initiative will conclude in 2028 with launch of reuse program in U.S.
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November 5, 2025
In 2023, the EU generated a total of 79.7 million tonnes of packaging waste; equates to 177.8 kg per person; of which 120.0 kg were recycled; California estimates 8.5 million tonnes of single-use packaging waste in landfills; most waste in EU and California made up of paper and plastic
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November 4, 2025
European Parliament adopts final text of ‘one substance, one assessment’ package; three proposals aim to improve and streamline chemical safety assessments across the EU; now needs to be adopted by European Council of Ministers
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October 30, 2025
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) literature review confirms Food Packaging Forum findings that microplastics can be released from food contact materials (FCMs) during use; identifies mechanical stress and fiber shedding as key particle release mechanisms; summarizes methodological shortcomings, data gaps, and recommendations
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October 29, 2025
India issues a draft regulation proposing the ban of PFAS in the manufacture of food contact materials (FCMs); also, FCMs made with polycarbonate or epoxy resins must be BPA-free; effective December 10, 2025; California requests information on p,p’-bisphenols for possible listing in Proposition 65 as toxic to reproduction; includes most common bisphenols in food packaging production; submissions open until December 1, 2025
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October 28, 2025
Food Packaging Forum (FPF) tailors its datasets to support European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) call for evidence for substances in packaging and packaging waste; data definitively shows 458 chemicals in single use food packaging on the European market, 147 of which have known hazards
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