The Food Packaging Forum’s (FPF) Database on Migrating and Extractable Food Contact Chemicals (FCCmigex) dashboard received a new look and improved features made public on November 15, 2022. The dashboard is designed to explore food contact chemicals measured and detected in food contact materials (FCMs) as reported by scientific studies published before June 2021. The new version expands from six broad material groups to now include all 17 FCMs (e.g., plastics, metals, coatings). Furthermore, it includes additional FCM components added to the primary ones, like adhesives, coatings, and printing inks. Search fields can handle multiple terms, standard search operators, and be switched between AND/OR type search. And last but not least, the most requested feature in the six months the dashboard has been public: complete syncing between filters on the data visualization pages and the references page.
The FCCmigex dashboard and a peer-reviewed research paper on the database were first published on May 19, 2022 (FPF reported). Currently, the database includes 1,210 scientific studies, more than 3,000 food contact chemicals, and over 22,000 database entries. An update is ongoing and FPF intends to maintain the FCCmigex as a living database.
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
Matt Krupnick (May 19, 2022). “More than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in food packaging.” The Guardian
