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June 21, 2017

International food contact compliance conference

Italian Institute of Packaging holds 4^th International Conference on Food Contact Compliance on September 20-22, 2017 in Baveno, Italy; program and registration now online

Topics: adhesives, bioplastics, bisphenol A, can coatings, EFSA, events, mineral oils, NIAS, paper & board, printing inks, regulation

Reading time: 1 minute

May 3, 2017

FPF Workshop 2017: Program and registration online

Event program and registration for Food Packaging Forum’s annual workshop now online; live webcast available; register before September 28, 2017!

Topics: migration, mineral oils, NIAS, regulation, risk assessment, workshop

Reading time: 1 minute

May 2, 2017

Optimizing analytics for quantification of unknown substances

Scientists propose a method for semi-quantification of unknown substances; exemplify significance of various technical parameters; demonstrate method performance with paperboard FCM extract

Topics: chemical analytics, migration, NIAS

Reading time: 2 minutes

May 2, 2017

EU plastic converters discuss risk assessment of FCMs

Food Contact Plastics Seminar highlights NIAS, printing inks, provides regulatory updates

Topics: Declaration of Compliance, DG SANTE, EFSA, European Commission, events, exposure, migration, mineral oils, NIAS, PET, plastics, printing inks, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 3 minutes

March 15, 2017

Conference report: Towards a non-toxic future

Stakeholder conference held by Danish Ministry delivers recommendations for future EU chemicals regulation; conference report now available

Topics: endocrine disruptor, European Commission, events, mixture toxicity, NIAS, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

March 13, 2017

EFSA: 4^th FIP network meeting on FCMs

EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held fourth meeting on food contact materials on February 16, 2017; discussions focused on coatings; interest group on evaluation of coatings formed

Topics: can coatings, coating, Declaration of Compliance, EFSA, European Commission, JRC, migration, NIAS, regulation

Reading time: 4 minutes

February 28, 2017

FPF Workshop 2017: Save the date!

Food Packaging Forum holds 5^th annual workshop on October 5, 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland; first speakers and topics announced

Topics: mineral oils, NIAS, risk assessment, workshop

Reading time: 2 minutes

February 22, 2017

PET bottle value chain addresses NIAS compliance

European PET industry associations form group to focus on regulatory compliance of PET food packaging regarding non-intentionally added substances

Topics: NIAS, PET, regulation

Reading time: 1 minute

February 13, 2017

In vitro bioassays for FCMs

Austrian research institute for chemistry and technology holds information event on bioassays for food contact materials on March 8, 2017 in Vienna

Topics: events, NIAS, toxicity testing, TTC

Reading time: 1 minute

January 17, 2017

Conference: NIAS and mineral oils in FCMs

Italian Institute of Packaging hosts conference on NIAS and mineral oils in food contact materials on March 29-30, 2017 in Munich

Topics: chemical analytics, events, mineral oils, NIAS, regulation

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