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October 12, 2015
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers FCMs made from post-consumer PET recycling process ‘San Miguel Industrias PET’ safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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September 24, 2015
EU research project Polymark develops chemical marker technology to improve identification and sorting of plastic packaging and thus improve recycling
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September 1, 2015
Petcore Europe hosts annual conference on PET on November 24, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium
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June 9, 2015
Coca-Cola presents PET bottle made completely from plant materials; commercial release not yet known
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January 12, 2015
Iranian researchers investigate phthalate migration from PET bottles into water, estimated phthalate exposure of children via water ingestion extremely low
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November 27, 2014
New study shows terephthalic acid to have estrogenic effects and induce DNA damage
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September 24, 2014
New study shows that prolonged storage times and heat increase levels of BPA and antimony in water bottled in PET
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November 19, 2013
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) set to take PET market share, approval for food contact use pending
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July 17, 2012
The proposal would limit the use of recycled material in PET food contact materials to 50%
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