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The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.

November 29, 2012

JRC: Workshop on sensory science for food contact materials safety

Experts presented their work on sensory science for food contact materials safety at a workshop in Ispra organized by the JRC

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November 29, 2012

Presentations from the FACET closing conference available online

FACET publishes the presentations on the latest dietary exposure tool, which had been presented at the closing conference in October

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November 28, 2012

Need for inclusion of migration risks from packaging in the evaluation of organic foods

Report on the evaluation of organic foods states that the migration risks posed by packaging materials may be of greater importance than the contamination with pesticides

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November 26, 2012

Currently used tiered approach not adequate for substances with non-monotonic dose-response

EFSA publishes report on Low Dose Colloquium in June

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November 26, 2012

Aromatic Mineral Oils measured in chocolate from advent calendars

A German Consumer Protection Agency measures mineral oils at levels higher than 10mg/kg in chocolate from advent calendars and finds some to be contaminated with aromatic mineral oils

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November 19, 2012

Ingestion of phthalates may also be linked to asthma

Irrespective of the route of exposure, a high body burden of phthalates was found to be associated with asthma in Norwegian children

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November 16, 2012

New study finds humidity to be crucial for assessing migration

Danish researchers have studied migration of benzophenone from paperboard into a solid food simulant and identified relative humidity as a critical factor that needs to be taken into account in migration modelling of compounds with aromatic groups.

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November 15, 2012

Virtual forum on childhood obesity and environmental factors

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is hosting a virtual forum on childhood obesity and possible links to environmental exposures. In particular, early life chemical exposures will be explored as a possible explanation for the huge increase in obesity in the U.S. and around the world.

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November 14, 2012

Nature: Linking obesity and Bisphenol A

Researcher reviews in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology evidence of Bisphenol A causing obesity in children and adolescents .

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November 13, 2012

European total diet study to estimate exposure to contaminants in food

A Europe wide research project will analyze contaminants in a wide variety of foods to estimate total dietary exposure.

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