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Best practice guide for FCM printing

Printing inks manufacturer publishes 4th edition of low migration guide, practical advice for ensuring compliance of printing inks in food contact materials

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January 14, 2019

Guidance on packaging definitions

American Institute for Packaging and the Environment publishes guidance document comparing varying definitions that currently exist within packaging materials management

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May 15, 2014

EU publishes position on TTIP

Chemical regulations not affected by future EU-US trade agreement according to newly published official EU position

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May 19, 2021

Review finds plastic pollution qualifies as planetary boundary threat

Review in Environmental Science and Technology presents evidence that plastic pollution fulfills all three criteria necessary for consideration as a planetary boundary threat: global exposure, not easily reversible, creating hazards disrupting earth system processes; suggests research priorities to find extent of planetary boundary but states risk that “boundary threshold for environmental plastics could be crossed before it is known”

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May 12, 2014

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