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May 20, 2019

Royal DSM to phase out NMP

Health and materials company plans to phase out N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) from coating resins by July 2020, promotes solvent-free waterborne resins

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Events 2022 Workshop

Taking stock of the past decade: What has changed and what’s to come?

Save the date in your calendar for our next annual workshop that will take place on September 28, 2023 (both in Zurich and virtually)! To mark its 10th anniversary, the Food Packaging Forum held its 10th annual workshop on October 6, 2022, under a theme that looked back at what has changed over the past decade in the field of food packaging and health as well as at what lies ahead in the next decade to come. Featuring a diverse […]

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July 2, 2020

EU publishes PFOA regulation

European Commission regulation restricts use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds as a persistent organic pollutants; sets maximum concentration of 0.025 mg/kg for PFOA and salts, 1 mg/kg for related compounds; series of exemptions also in place

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July 6, 2020

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

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July 9, 2021

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

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