News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
July 29, 2016
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment evaluates migration of NIAS cyclo-di-BADGE from can coatings into oily fish; suggests TTC of 90 µg/person/day and generating more toxicity data
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July 29, 2016
Foodwatch evaluation shows extensive contamination of dry food products with MOSH and MOAH in Germany
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July 28, 2016
European Plastics Converters Association hosts conference on the future of plastics packaging on September 20, 2016 in Brussels
Topics: events
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July 28, 2016
NGOs and FDA request to pause court case concerning perchlorate petition; FDA aims to reach final decision on use of perchlorate in food packaging by March 2017
Topics: FDA, perchlorate
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July 27, 2016
Special issue of EFSA Journal summarizes outcomes of EFSA’s 2nd scientific conference on food safety that took place on October 14-16, 2015 in Milan, Italy
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July 27, 2016
European Commission publishes study assessing the cost of regulation on EU’s chemical industry; CHEM Trust and Cefic release commentaries
Topics: European Commission, regulation
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July 26, 2016
EFSA publishes 2015 annual report of Emerging Risks Exchange network (EREN); 13 emerging issues discussed; most issues classify as chemical hazards and refer to increased exposures
Topics: EFSA, risk assessment
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July 26, 2016
Environmental Working Group names 20 chemicals for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review with priority under reformed U.S. chemicals regulation LCSA
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July 25, 2016
Article in The Japan Times highlights issue of hazardous chemicals accumulating in microplastics and transferring into the food chain
Topics: microplastics
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July 25, 2016
U.S. retailer Walmart names 8 high priority chemicals its suppliers must phase out and find alternatives for; list includes among others formaldehyde, phthalates, nonylphenol exthoxylates, and parabens
Topics: exposure
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