A study finds that industry professionals rank food safety in the top three trends in the packaging industry together with cost and sustainability.
October 29, 2012
EFSA meets national experts on Bisphenol A
EFSA met experts from member states to listen to recent scientific work on the risk assessment of Bisphenol A in the areas of human exposures, BPA levels in food, analytical methods and toxicity
October 26, 2012
EFSA: polypropylene crate recycling authorized for food contact materials
EFSA publishes opinion to authorize polypropylene crate recycling process “INTERSEROH Step 1” for use as food contact material.
October 25, 2012
Nature: scientists claim effects at very low dose, regulators are not yet convinced
Researchers are discovering low-dose effects of endocrine disruptors since the seventies yet the issue remains a controversy and chemical regulation remains to be modified
October 25, 2012
DEMOCOPHES: mothers and children exposed to harmful chemicals from food packaging
The EU study DEMOCOPHES measures environmental contaminants such as phthalates in hair and urine of mothers and children
October 25, 2012
EFSA to meet member states’ experts on BPA
On the 29 and 30 October EFSA will meet national experts to discuss information on previous and ongoing work on the safety assessment of bisphenol A
October 22, 2012
Bisphenol A and lead in mothers and children in Vienna and Bratislava
The Austrian study Um-MuKi (Environment, mother, child) found lead and bisphenol A in the blood of mothers and children in Bratislava and Vienna
October 22, 2012
Phthalates found to trigger early menopause
Study associates phthalates with 2 year earlier onset of menopause
October 18, 2012
EFSA opinion approves VACUREMA Prime® technology based PET recycling processes for food contact materials
EFSA approved the use of materials derived from four types of recycling processes of PET bottles in food contact materials intended for long term storage.
October 16, 2012
DEMOCOPHES: environmental contaminant burden in mothers and children in Berne, Switzerland
The Federal Office for Public Health in Switzerland (BAG) states that environmental contaminant burden of substances such as phthalates and cadmium found are not at levels that would pose a risk to public health.
