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September 19, 2018
Food Packaging Forum publishes fact sheet on chemicals in food packaging, migration into food, ways to reduce exposure
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September 19, 2018
French National Assembly adopts law banning plastic food containers in child care, school, university catering services by 2025
Topics: plastics, regulation
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September 18, 2018
European Parliament votes to approve Commission’s plastics strategy, adopts resolution on hazardous chemicals and recycling
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September 17, 2018
U.S. court rules against FDA’s request to dismiss NGO-lawsuit on ‘generally recognized as safe’ rule
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September 14, 2018
South Korea notifies WTO of intended ban on bisphenol A, dibutyl phthalate, benzyl butyl phthalate in food contact materials for infants and young children
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September 13, 2018
Central German packaging register ‘LUCID’ launched; registration of packaged goods possible until January 1, 2019, when new German packaging law enters into force
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September 13, 2018
Hearing at U.S. Congress discusses safe levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and possible ban on the chemicals’ manufacture and use
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September 12, 2018
Article in Vox summarizes health concerns related to chemicals in plastic food packaging, discuss U.S. regulatory system, recommend actions to limit exposure
Topics: bisphenol A, chronic disease, epidemiology, exposure, GRAS, migration, phthalates, plastics, regulation
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September 11, 2018
European Parliament to vote on EU Commission’s plastics strategy on September 13, 2018; vote on single-use plastics directive planned for October 2018
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September 10, 2018
DG SANTE holds first stakeholder meeting on evaluation of EU FCM legislation, September 24, 2018, in Brussels; meeting agenda, background information online; webstream available
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