News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
January 6, 2014
Walmart secretive about 10 ‘high priority’ chemicals to be removed from consumer products, policy may nevertheless transform consumer product manufacture
January 6, 2014
US National Toxicology Panel revises draft Reports of Carcinogens, food contact substance pentachlorophenol status lowered to likely human carcinogen
December 23, 2013
December 23, 2013
Safety assessment of unknown non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact materials (FCM) simplified
December 22, 2013
NGOs accuse ECHA of failing on SVHC authorization, ECHA responds that process continues to be improved
December 20, 2013
European Commission working group on food contact materials held meeting in Brussels, new regulation for ceramics expected in 2015, guidance for Declaration of Compliance now available
December 19, 2013
US EPA publishes screening data on 1800 chemicals, opens ToxCast challenges to use data for public health risk assessment
December 18, 2013
European Commission publishes draft scientific opinion on nanosilver, open for public consultation until February 2014
December 18, 2013
California places DiNP on proposition 65, substance authorized as plasticizer in US and EU
December 18, 2013
ACC responds to California’s listing of DiNP as hazardous chemical: weight of evidence speaks against listing
