Topics
formaldehyde
February 6, 2023
Review summarizes chemicals present in and migrating from food contact articles made with wood, bamboo, and other plant-based materials; researchers identify and quantify 25 non-volatile compounds from bamboo, palm leaf, wood and wheat pulp dishes; tentatively identify 115 non-volatile chemicals in extracts from six plant fiber/plastic composites; detect phthalates in Brazilian dry foods in cellulose-based packaging
Reading time: 7 minutes
November 27, 2019
German institute for risk assessment publishes position statement on melamine-formaldehyde resins, including tableware made with bamboo fibers; warns consumers against using such tableware with hot liquids; recommends lowering specific migration limit of formaldehyde in EU regulation from 15 to 6 mg/kg
Reading time: 2 minutes
May 29, 2019
European Commission asks EU member states to carry out additional tests to determine prevalence of substance migration from food contact materials and articles; recommendation targets primary aromatic amines, bisphenols, plasticizers, and fluorinated compounds
Reading time: 2 minutes
July 9, 2018
BfR answers frequently asked questions about reusable coffee to go cups, addresses hygiene aspects, discusses suitable materials
Topics: formaldehyde, melamine
Reading time: 2 minutes
August 18, 2017
Scoping review identifies potential health effects of melamine other than renal damage, including impacts on neurological functions, behavior, reproduction, and growth
Reading time: 3 minutes
November 11, 2016
Italian scientists investigate migration of formaldehyde and melamine from children’s tableware made of melaware and other amino resins; specific and overall migration limits exceeded in some products; aging increases migration; migration cannot be predicted from product's appearance
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 20, 2014
Melamine derivatives formed and released from tableware after microwaving
Reading time: 1 minute
February 24, 2014
American Chemistry Council responds to Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health commentary, calls it ‘inflammatory commentary’
Reading time: 1 minute
February 19, 2014
Call for more epidemiological research on long term consequences for public health of chemicals leaching from food packaging materials
Reading time: 2 minutes
January 31, 2014
33 US States to address untested toxic chemicals; compounds include FCM substances
Topics: bisphenol A, formaldehyde
Reading time: 1 minute
