News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 20, 2016
European Plastic Converters Association hosts Food Contact Plastics Seminar in April 2016 in Brussels
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January 19, 2016
Danish consumer council tests plastic lunch boxes and food containers; no chemicals of concern detected; some containers showed considerable overall chemical migration into warm fatty foods
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January 19, 2016
2nd international conference on food and beverage packaging in June 2016 in Rome, Italy
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January 18, 2016
European Parliaments hosts workshop on food contact materials on January 26, 2016 in Brussels; registration open until January 19, 2016
Topics: events
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January 18, 2016
Article discusses bacterial growth, chemicals of concern, and other issues of using 3D printed objects for food contact
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January 18, 2016
Article in The Intercept outlines how U.S. chemicals regulation reform overrides states’ efforts to restrict toxic chemicals
Topics: regulation, TSCA
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January 18, 2016
French National Assembly adopts new regulation endorsing safer alternatives to toxic chemicals
Topics: regulation
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January 14, 2016
U.S. FDA issues favorable opinion on new post-consumer polystyrene recycling process for manufacture of food contact articles
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January 13, 2016
Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment and several NGOs criticize European Commission’s inaction following EU court ruling regarding the setting of EDC criteria
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January 13, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers FCMs made from post-consumer PET recycling processes ‘Sumilon Eco PET SARL’ and ‘ITD’ safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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