EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials holds 3rd meeting; minutes now available online
EFSA FCM working group: 3rd meeting
EFSA working group on FCMs: 27th meeting
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on food contact materials now available online
Chile passes comprehensive plastics legislation
Chilean legislature unanimously passes comprehensive single-use and recycled plastics regulations; regulation bans single-use plastic use within a food establishment, compels markets and convenience stores to only sell recyclable beverage containers, beverage containers must contain plastic collected and recycled within Chile; regulations come into effect over 3 years
Microplastics in placentas: occurrence, sources, and effects
Three studies on microplastics and the human placenta; demonstrate particle presence in several intracellular compartments of placentas for the first time; assume breastfeeding and plastic toy usage as microplastic exposure sources to lactating infants; associate placental plastics with reduced fetal growth
Food packaging and migration of food contact materials: will epidemiologists rise to the neotoxic challenge?
Unpacking the complexity of the PET drink bottles value chain: A chemicals perspective
Recyclability of paper & board based packaging
EFSA working group on BPA immunotoxicity: 2nd meeting
Latest meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on BPA immunotoxicity now available
EFSA BPA assessment protocol: 7th meeting
EFSA’s CEF Panel Working Group on BPA assessment protocol holds seventh meeting on the reevaluation of BPA safety; meeting minutes available online