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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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September 4, 2025
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updates PFAS restriction proposal following public consultation; does not include major exceptions or derogations regarding food contact materials; aims to complete scientific evaluation of proposal by the end of 2026; to be submitted to the European Commission in 2027
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April 2, 2025
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is mandated by the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) that entered into force on February 11, 2025, to carry out study identifying chemicals of concern in food packaging; report to be submitted by September 2026
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January 20, 2025
Two new reports from Corporate Europe Observatory and the Forever Lobbying Project on January 14, 2025, describe corporate lobbying against PFAS regulation in Europe; influence on European Commission; use of misleading messaging; true cost of cleaning up PFAS
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December 3, 2024
ECHA includes information on classification of endocrine disrupting substances in updated CLP guidance; also adds guidance on persistent substances, EATS modes of action, and AOPs; OECD expert group divided over endocrine disruption identification
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July 26, 2024
Zero Waste Europe publishes brief highlighting problems with polyvinyl chloride in food contact applications; advocates for restrictions due to health concerns from additives and microplastics; another report supports ECHA’s findings on significant risks associated with PVC; European civil society organizations petition phase out strategies
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June 28, 2024
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) report outlines four key challenge areas concerning chemicals regulation in the EU; discusses protection against most harmful chemicals, particularly those inducing neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, endocrine disruption; underscores the need for data transparency and a “lack of comprehensive information on many substances”, particularly polymers
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January 29, 2024
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) adds five new chemicals to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) and expands listing of a sixth; five of the six have been measured in food contact articles; listing obligates producers and suppliers to provide safety information and to notify ECHA; candidate list now contains 240 substances
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January 22, 2024
Public and political concerns related to chemical exposures, human health, and environmental pollution continue to grow; brief overview of some of the EU, US, and UN policies and projects that FPF is tracking in 2024
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January 12, 2024
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) publishes investigation into polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, additives, microparticles; finds risks from PVC resin are “adequately controlled” but suggests action on additives, particles; US Environmental Protection Agency is investigating vinyl chloride for consideration as a High Priority Substance
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