News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 13, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers substances tetraethyl orthosilicate and hexamethyldisilazane safe for use in recycled PET intended for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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January 12, 2016
Review paper identifies environmental factors such as exposure to EDCs as significant contributor to increase in male reproductive disorders and decreasing fertility
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January 12, 2016
Article in Environmental Health Perspective outlines how epidemiological studies can approach individual, interactive and cumulative effects of chemicals in mixtures on human health
Topics: epidemiology, mixture toxicity
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January 12, 2016
Article discusses history of PFOA, focusing on environmental and public health effects, legal consequences and regulatory implications
Topics: fluorinated substances
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January 11, 2016
Petcore Europe hosts workshop on tracers in plastic packaging to optimize sorting in February 2016 in Brussels
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January 11, 2016
Review on assessment of nanomaterials; discussion about advances and unresolved questions
Topics: nanomaterials
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January 7, 2016
Highlights of the sessions on epigenetics, weighing evidence, and environmental risk assessment summarized
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January 5, 2016
Scientific article summarizes sources of chemical contamination during food production, transport, storage, and processing
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January 5, 2016
Grease-proofing agents not to be used in paper and board in contact with food; FDA concludes no reasonable certainty of no harm
Topics: FDA, fluorinated substances
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December 23, 2015
Extensive article informs about gaps in FCM regulation in the EU, hazardous substances found in FCMs, and efforts made by regulators, industry, and non-profit organizations to improve the situation
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