Position supports recasting EU Drinking Water Directive to consider safety of materials that come into contact with drinking water; will specify minimum hygiene requirements, create positive lists of material starting substances, compositions, and chemical constituents
SIN List update includes 20 food contact chemicals
ChemSec announces major update to Substitute It Now (SIN) List, adds 47 new chemicals including including persistent, mobile, and toxic substances, carbon nanotubes; announcement event brings together stakeholders to discuss clean circular economy
ECHA committees agree on restriction of 4 phthalates
ECHA’s Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis support proposal to ban endocrine disrupting phthalates DEHP, DBP, DIBP, and BBP in various articles; all 4 substances relevant for food contact materials
Spain: New regulation for recycled PET in FCMs
Spain authorizes use of recycled PET and other polymers in food contact materials under certain conditions
ECHA: Public consultation on 7 potential SVHCs
ECHA opens public consultation on 7 proposals for new substances of very high concern from August 31 to October 14, 2015; proposals include phthalate used in FCMs and UV-filters permitted in packaging inks
Lower BPA limit for baby soothers
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) lowers migration limit for bisphenol A in baby soothers to 0.01 mg/L
Summary of responses to EU FCM consultation
EU Commission publishes factual summaries of public consultation and SME panel survey on FCM regulation in the EU
ECHA: 5 new SVHCs
New additions to Candidate List of substances of very high concern; UV-filters and perfluorinated compound among candidates
UK government discusses toxic chemicals
UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee enquires into ‘Toxic chemicals in everyday life,’ hears evidence on chemical exposure, discusses post-Brexit regulatory situation for chemicals in products including food contact materials
Opinion: recycled content mandates needed
Non-profit organization Reloop comments on EU Commission’s proposal for reduction of environmental impacts of single-use plastics, calls for setting recycled content mandates, high targets for recycling of beverage bottles, EU-wide deposit-refund schemes