Minnesota Senate adopts BPA ban in children’s food packaging
May 2, 2013
Plastic food contact materials under fire in Massachusetts communities
Various towns in Massachusetts, US discuss banning single use plastic bags, repeal of PET bottle ban fails
April 22, 2013
Judge freezes BPA’s listing as a hazardous chemical in California
ACC declares small victory against BPA’s listing as a hazardous chemical in California under Proposition 65
April 16, 2013
California bans BPA
California places BPA on the list of hazardous substances, still needs to define maximum acceptable daily exposure
April 11, 2013
TSCA reform, industry comments
US senator Lautenberg introduces reforms to US chemical act, the American Chemistry Council comments
April 10, 2013
Safety of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) substances
Environmental Health Perspectives publishes a comment on the US’ regulatory process of food additives
March 11, 2013
EFSA authorizes new PET recycling process
EFSA authorized the PET recycling process “Holfeld Diamant” for food contact
March 7, 2013
2 new Substances of Very High Concern also allowed for food contact
Of the 54 new substances listed as Substance of Very High Concern under REACH, 2 are authorized for use in plastic food contact materials in Europe
February 27, 2013
News from the EU Commission on food contact materials
EU Commission plans authorization of two new substances for use in food contact plastics, postpones discussions on new ceramics legislation and discusses Declaration of Compliance issues
February 11, 2013
EC report on REACH concludes that EU is safer and stirs debate
EC Report reviewing REACH concludes that chemical safety in the EU has increased significantly, critics point to slow market removal of hazardous substances
