On May 31, 2022, The Food Packaging Forum (FPF) published an interactive dashboard to explore all the available research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured and investigated in food packaging. The tool is included as a new page within FPF’s Database on Migrating and Extractable Food Contact Chemicals (FCCmigex) dashboard.
There are over 900 database entries from PFAS research included in the FCCmigex. The new dashboard page has the same layout as the originally published full data page (FPF reported), but it is streamlined to only include database entries with CAS numbers on the OECD’s global database of PFAS. Twenty-nine PFAS have been previously detected in published scientific studies to migrate from food contact articles into food or food simulants. If extraction experiments are included, the number of PFAS detected nearly doubles to 56 substances.
Reference
Food Packaging Forum (2022). “Database on Migrating and Extractable Food Contact Chemicals (FCCmigex).” Interactive tool
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Geueke, B. et al. (2022). “Systematic evidence on migrating and extractable food contact chemicals: Most chemicals detected in food contact materials are not listed for use.” Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2067828
Pat Rizzuto (May 27, 2022). “Data on PFAS that move from packaging to food set for release.” Bloomberg Law
