Danish EPA launches public consultation phase on draft order, registry not to be publicly accessible
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July 9, 2013
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February 19, 2014
Belgian enforcement of nanomaterial registration
Registration of nanomaterials to harmonize public health prevention and technological progress
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March 1, 2022
Wrap: packaging encourages household food waste
UK civil society organization Wrap finds selling produce without plastic packaging and date labels would save 100,000 tons food and 10,300 tons plastic in UK yearly; fruits and vegetables studied have the same shelf life without packaging; packaging sizes encourage overconsumption; date labeling encourages early disposal; Foodwatch petitions German government to ban plastic packaging for produce by 2026
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August 27, 2018
Plastic pollution through the food chain
HuffPost video summarizes extent of plastic pollution, effects on wildlife and humans, proposed measures against single-use plastics
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October 29, 2012
EFSA meets national experts on Bisphenol A
EFSA met experts from member states to listen to recent scientific work on the risk assessment of Bisphenol A in the areas of human exposures, BPA levels in food, analytical methods and toxicity
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November 30, 2020
EU SVHC-checking app available in 15 countries
App enables consumers to request information from providers on presence of substances of very high concern; launched in 15 EU countries
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October 20, 2014
FCMs: current and future regulation
Stakeholders from across the FCM community discuss the current regulation and the future of FCMs
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December 7, 2015
Detecting BPA in food
European Commission Joint Research Centre develops analytical methods for determining BPA and 12 similar substances in food
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June 28, 2013
Switzerland not to ban BPA
Swiss government to await BPA report, will consider French findings
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December 2, 2020
Terminus and BioICEP address multilayer recycling
Research consortium secures 12 million Euro funding, launches projects in-built Triggered Enzymes to Recycle Multi-layers: an Innovation for USes in packaging (Terminus) and The Bio–Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics (BioICEP) ; set goal to solve problems associated with multilayered packaging, transform linear to a circular process
