UK MEP cautious about drastic measures to eliminate plastics use, highlights benefits of plastic packaging to ensure food safety and reduce food waste, calls for increased recycling and innovation to tackle plastic waste
Opinion: Don’t undervalue plastics
An overview of the production and use of PFASs
New novel food regulation on nanomaterials
New proposed EU regulation on novel foods; engineered nanomaterials to be assessed and authorized under the new regulation
FPF webinar on Chinese FCM regulation: Part 2 video online
Food Packaging Forum held second part of webinar on food contact materials regulation in China on May 18, 2017; video recording and presentation slides now available
ANSES to study EDCs and bisphenols
ANSES selects 36 new research projects to be conducted under French national “Environment-Health-Work” research program; includes studies on endocrine disruptors, bisphenols, micro- and nanoplastics
SOT FDA Colloqium: In Silico Methods for Food Ingredient, Dietary Supplement, and Cosmetic Safety
Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment: The Future of Regulatory Toxicology Assessment
Food Contact Material Recalls: Notification Statistics and Crisis Management Services
BPA and BPS impair fertility
New study shows that BPA and substitute BPS disrupt reproduction of roundworms causing germline apoptosis and embryonic lethality