Zurich University of Applied Sciences holds annual food conference on November 23, 2017 in Wädenswil, Switzerland; future trends and challenges in food packaging to be discussed; registration open until November 8, 2017
Dirty Dozen of food additives and food contact substances
NGO issues list of most hazardous food additives including food contact materials
High PFAS blood levels in German children
Biomonitoring study by German Environment Agency (UBA) measures 12 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in blood plasma of children and adolescents; finds highest average levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)
FPF job vacancy
The Food Packaging Forum is currently looking for a Scientific Communication Officer to join our team in Zurich, Switzerland
FCMs: important issue for food safety
Food contact materials’ safety discussed at the International Association for Food Protection’s European Symposium on Food Safety 2014 in Budapest, Hungary
Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) for risk assessment of food contact material chemicals
The Threshold of Toxicological Concern, short TTC, is a concept for assessing the risk of single chemical exposure to human health. It establishes generic exposure thresholds based on chemical structure below which chemicals are assumed to be safely used. In the absence of toxicological data, regulators, academic scientists and industry experts are using the TTC to perform chemical risk assessments. On October 17, 2013 the Food Packaging Forum held a workshop offering a platform for balanced information and scientific debate […]
Food Packaging Forum: Workshop 2014
FPF holds annual workshop on October 9, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland; addresses hazardous chemicals in food contact materials, first speakers announced
Etienne Cabane
Scientific Officer and Scorecard Lead
Scientific challenges in the risk assessment of food contact materials
The 2017 annual Food Packaging Forum (FPF) workshop featured high profile speakers and provided an ideal platform for engaging in inspiring discussions with different stakeholders. The FPF workshop is a unique event in the food contact materials (FCMs) world to get up to speed on recent developments in science, business, advocacy, and regulation. As in previous years, the 5th FPF workshop was also an excellent opportunity for networking. As a novelty, the FPF provided access to a live webcast of […]
Mineral oils in FCMs
Learn more about mineral oils in food contact materials with guest speaker from the Official Food Control Authority of Zurich, Switzerland