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January 9, 2019

New Indian food packaging regulations

New regulations set migration limits and prohibit recycled plastics in packaging; enter into force in July

Reading time: 1 minute

January 7, 2019

EU Regions’ opinion on plastics strategy

EU Committee of Regions releases opinion urging that hazardous substances be ‘completely removed’ from plastic products by 2025, in order to boost circular economy

Topics: recycling, regulation, SVHC

Reading time: 2 minutes

December 21, 2018

EU agreement on single-use plastics

EU Council and Parliament provisionally agree on new Directive restricting several single-use plastic products, including cutlery, plates, straws, certain food and beverage containers

Topics: European Commission, European Parliament, plastics, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

December 21, 2018

EU Commission restricts four phthalates

EU Commission adopts decision to restrict DEHP, BBP, DBP, DIBP in consumer products on EU market; food contact materials not covered

Topics: European Commission, phthalates, REACH, regulation

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December 14, 2018

Responsibility of (bio)plastics industry

13^th annual European Bioplastics conference discusses impacts of plastics pollution, elements of EU circular economy package, food contact regulations, bioplastics market development, life cycle assessment, new building blocks

Topics: bioplastics, circular economy, plastics, pollution, recycling, regulation

Reading time: 4 minutes

December 13, 2018

P&P conference 2018

Smithers Pira’s annual conference on “Plastics & paper in contact with foodstuffs” covers regulatory updates, summarizes industry initiatives, discusses future developments

Topics: events, mineral oils, NIAS, paper & board, recycling, regulation

Reading time: 7 minutes

December 7, 2018

Regulation of single-use plastics

UN Environment releases report on global ‘regulatory landscape’ for single-use plastics and microplastics in 192 countries, calls for more consolidation in policies worldwide

Topics: environment, microplastics, plastics, pollution, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

December 7, 2018

Opinion: Current chemical policy unsustainable

Thomas Zoeller from the Massachusetts University, U.S., warns that, unless status quo chemical policy is soon changed to become more protective, health effects of chemical exposures ‘will persist for generations’

Topics: chronic disease, endocrine disruptor, regulation, risk assessment, toxicity testing

Reading time: 4 minutes

December 7, 2018

ILSI report on food packaging adhesives

International Life Sciences Institute’s Packaging Materials task force publishes report on adhesives for food packaging applications

Topics: adhesives, compliance, NIAS, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

December 7, 2018

Japan implements positive list rules for FCMs

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare releases draft regulatory amendments to implement positive list-based system for food contact materials, to come into force by mid-2020

Topics: regulation

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