European and international NGOs ask EU REACH Committee to take action on siloxanes, phthalates and nanomaterials
Ecorys report on evaluation of FCM legislation
European Commission publishes final report developed by consultancy Ecorys on ongoing evaluation of food contact material (FCM) legislation; identifies lack of harmonization across many materials, incoherent risk management measures across legislation; finds that health benefits of the legislation outweigh it costs
EC postpones decision on 13 substances ECHA recommended for REACH
European Commission notifies World Trade Organization of 5 substances for the REACH Authorization list out of 18 originally recommended by European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); 5 of the 13 postponed chemicals are in the Food Packaging Forum’s Food Contact Chemicals database as priority hazardous substances
Chemical footprinting: 2017 annual report
Chemical Footprint Project publishes second annual report; measuring companies’ chemical footprint gaining importance; data for benchmarking and progress analysis now available
EU plastics strategy published
European Commission adopts EU-wide strategy for plastics in the circular economy, aims to make all plastic packaging recyclable, reduce single-use plastics, ban intentional microplastics
ECHA verifies REACH registration dossiers
ECHA manually checks completeness of over 1,500 substance dossiers; information on data waiving, substance identity, testing proposals, and chemical safety reports need improvement
Competitive advantages of sustainable packaging
Opinion article highlights growing demand for sustainable packaging and opportunities for consumer packaged goods industry
TSCA reform, industry comments
US senator Lautenberg introduces reforms to US chemical act, the American Chemistry Council comments
EU statement on emerging health issues
EU Commission’s Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks publishes statement and position paper on emerging health and environmental issues
European Commission to ban parabens from cosmetics
EU public consultation on butyl- and propylparaben in cosmetics closes, five other parabens also used in FCMs to be banned