The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amends national packaging legislation to add overall migration limits for antimony and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) from plastic food packaging
India updating ionomer resin standard
Bureau of Indian Standards publishes draft update to standard for ionomer resins in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and drinking water; accepting comments on the proposal until December 6, 2022
Media coverage
The Food Packaging Forum in the media: a selection of articles
Oligomers in biodegradable food packaging
Study of non-volatile components of biodegradable polyester and polylactic acid blend identifies 37 different compounds including plasticizers and oligomers, some seen only in migration experiments
Mineral oils: Toxicity, exposure possibly underestimated
Scientific study compares accumulation of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) in rats to humans; findings imply that current acceptable daily intake for MOSH may be set too high and current human exposure is underestimated
Special issue on EDCs and behavior
Special issue of peer-reviewed journal Hormones and Behavior focuses on endocrine disrupting chemicalsâ effects on behavior; articles address molecular mechanisms, animal studies and epidemiological observations, discuss specific chemicals including BPA, triclosan, PBDEs, PFASs
Revision of EU rules on food contact materials (FCM)
European Parliament votes to strengthen plastic waste shipping regulations
By a vote of 587 to 8, Members of the European Parliament voted to prohibit the exporting of plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries, strengthen regulations on shipments to OECD countries, and increase transparency between EU Member States
Studies detect microplastics in food and link it to packaging, processing equipment
Several articles published since the beginning of 2023 have analyzed plastic particles in packaged foods and beverages, including salt, sugar, canned fish, bottled water, soft drinks, and cold tea; draw a connection to packaging and food processing; migration studies demonstrate particle release from plastic food containers and breastmilk storage bags; review develops 10 criteria for data quality assessment and find most studies âunreliableâ on one or more criteria
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About the food packaging forum At the Food Packaging Forum, we enable stakeholders to make better decisions: We share the latest science on chemicals in food contact materials and on the environmental impacts of food packaging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEaNm2xz9O0 Why a forum on food packaging? Food is essential to health and wellbeing. And food packaging plays a critical role in the storage of food, but it also has many other important functionalities in todayâs complex, globalized food systems. Food packaging and food […]