News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
November 29, 2016
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry publishes 15 video segments and 7 slide presentations from symposium on BPA-free can linings
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November 29, 2016
U.S. NIH initiates ECHO, 7-year program to study the effects of environmental exposures on children’s health; NIEHS launches CHEAR enabling more NIH scientists who study children’s health to add exposure measures to their research
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November 28, 2016
European Court of Justice decision strengthens public access to data about chemical emissions into the environment; industry association worries about confidentiality of business information
Topics: regulation
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November 25, 2016
European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) calls upon the European Commission to develop harmonized legislation for glass as food packaging material
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November 25, 2016
China publishes 53 mandatory national standards for food contact materials and additives, replacing all previous regulations
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November 25, 2016
EU Member States ‘not ready to vote’ on EDC criteria; deputy director-general of Commission’s DG SANTE to meet Parliament’s Environment Committee next week; Parliament to vote on EDC criteria in three months
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November 25, 2016
Fresenius Academy holds 7th International Conference on EDCs; UK regulatory representative and pesticide industry call for inclusion of ‘potency perspective’ in EDC identification criteria; most other country representatives and NGOs in favor of hazard-based identification
Topics: endocrine disruptor, events
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November 24, 2016
Bavarian food control authority finds MOSH and MOAH in advent calendar chocolate; Foodwatch recommends avoiding consumption of tainted products and calls for stricter regulation of mineral oils in food
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November 24, 2016
Health advocate Wemos measures BPA and phthalates in Dutch politicians’ urine and asks Dutch government to take action against EDCs
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November 24, 2016
Nature commentary by Leonardo Trasande summarizes science on endocrine disruptors; calls on European Parliament to adopt science-based criteria for identification of EDCs to protect human health
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