Photoinitiator industries form trade group
In an article published on October 25, 2018, regulatory news provider Chemical Watch informed that “important players in the manufacture, import and downstream use of photoinitiators” plan to form a...
View ArticleDatabase of plastic packaging chemicals
On October 4, 2018, researchers from the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) and its partners in the MAVA-funded research project published an article entitled “Overview of known plastic packaging-associated...
View ArticleRisk assessment for styrene oligomers
An article published on November 9, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, reported on the “risk assessment for migration of styrene oligomers into food from polystyrene food...
View Article2019 food contact regulations USA conference
On March 19-20, 2019, regulatory news provider Chemical Watch will hold the 2019 food contact regulations USA conference in Washington, D.C., U.S.. The second edition of this conference will feature “a...
View ArticleILSI report on food packaging adhesives
On October 31, 2018, the European branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI Europe) published a report on “adhesives for food packaging applications.” The report, authored by adhesives...
View ArticleP&P conference 2018
The annual “Plastics and paper in contact with foodstuffs” Smithers Pira conference took place on December 4-6, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Speakers from industry, authorities, consultancies, and...
View ArticleOligomers in biodegradable food packaging
An article published on November 2, 2018, in the peer-reviewed Journal of Chromatography A, reported on the “determination of non-volatile components of a biodegradable food packaging material based on...
View ArticleChemical migration from plastic FCMs in China
An article published on December 5, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One, reported on the chemical migration from plastic food contact articles (FCAs) “collected from the Chinese national...
View ArticleManaging chemicals in plastic packaging
In an article published on January 8, 2019, by regulatory news provider Chemical Watch, Anna Watson, head of advocacy at the non-governmental organization (NGO) CHEM Trust, summarized the first...
View ArticleReview of NIAS analytics in paper FCMs
An article published on January 3, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Trends in Food Science & Technology, reviewed “analytical approaches for the identification of non-intentionally added...
View ArticleAssessment of PPSU for baby bottles
An article published on April 2, 2018, in the peer-reviewed journal Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, reported on the assessment of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in...
View ArticlePaper and board in contact with food
On February 20-21, 2019, the Papiertechnische Stiftung (‘paper technology foundation’, PTS) held its annual conference on paper and board in food contact. The event took place in Dresden, Germany....
View ArticleKey chemicals of concern in food packaging
In an article published on March 25, 2019 by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in its EDF+Business blog, Boma Brown-West and colleagues from EDF introduced a list...
View ArticleChallenges and developments in plastic converter industry
On April 11-12, 2019, the European Plastic Converters Association (EuPC), together with Polymer Comply Europe (PCE), held a Food Contact Plastics Seminar in Brussels, Belgium themed “Improving...
View ArticleERM seminar on food contact materials
On May 21, 2019, consultancy firm ERM will host a seminar titled “Regulatory Compliance for Food Contact Materials” (FCMs) in Frankfurt, Germany. Part of the ERM Innovation Day series, the seminar will...
View ArticleGlobal Food Contact conference updates
On May 14-16, 2019, the food packaging consultancy Smithers Pira hosted the Global Food Contact 2019 conference in Lisbon, Portugal. This year’s conference included an additional workshop on...
View ArticleEU and U.S. approaches to NIAS
On August 21, 2019, law firm Keller and Heckman LLP (KH) re-printed an article originally published in Food Safety Magazine that discusses non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact...
View ArticlePlastic Health Summit talks published
The 2019 Plastic Health Summit took place on October 3, 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and featured over 30 speakers from governmental, academic, and non-governmental research and advocacy...
View ArticleP&P conference 2019: Industry perspectives on FCMs
More than 200 experts from various industries, consultancies, government agencies, legislators and non-governmental organizations met at Smithers Pira’s annual conference on “Plastics & Paper in...
View ArticleThe Guardian discusses plastic food container safety
On February 18, 2020, The Guardian published an article providing an introduction to knowns and unknowns surrounding the safety of chemicals in plastic food containers. After referring to a few...
View ArticleChemical analytics of novel food packaging
In an article published on February 10, 2020, in the peer-reviewed journal Molecules, Magdalena Wrona and Cristina Nerin from the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Aragon Institute of Engineering...
View ArticleTackling the toxics in plastics packaging
On March 30, 2021, the journal PLOS Biology published an article authored by Jane Muncke from the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) that critically reviews the migration of toxic chemicals from plastic food...
View ArticleMigration of chemicals and microplastics from microwavable plastics
In a research article published on May 11, 2021, in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hazardous Material, Ying-Jie He and colleagues from Yunnan University, Kunming, China, provide an overview on...
View ArticleRecommendations for EU’s Sustainable Products Initiative
On June 14, 2021, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), a network of environmental citizens’ organizations, released a set of policy briefs and a discussion paper with recommendations for the...
View ArticleGlobal Food Contact Conference: NIAS evaluation in recycled packaging
On the final day of the Global Food Contact conference (FPF reported), on June 16, 2021, two talks concentrated on non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in recycled, bio-based, or biodegradable...
View ArticleReview investigates challenges of assessing NIAS in plastic FCMs
In a review article published on June 24, 2021, in the peer-reviewed journal Polymers, Lilian Seiko Kato from Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and co-authors summarize the challenges in...
View ArticleThird episode of ‘Unwrapping Food Packaging’ video blog released
The Food Packaging Forum (FPF) has published the third episode of its video blog series titled “Unwrapping Food Packaging.” In this latest episode, Jane Muncke (FPF) discusses the types of chemicals...
View ArticleNIAS migration from plastic wine corks
In an article published online on July 14, 2021, in the peer-reviewed journal Chemistry, Paula Vera and colleagues from the Analytical Chemistry Department, University of Zaragoza, Spain, reported on...
View ArticleNew Zealand symposium on food safety
The New Zealand Food Safety Science & Research Centre annual symposium is being held online this year in a series of webinars broadcast every few weeks. The first session was held on September 1,...
View ArticleStudy analyzes unknown chemicals in recycled plastic
In an article published on November 1, 2021, in the peer-reviewed journal Toxics, Pablo Miralles and co-authors from the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian...
View ArticleScientists propose and apply NIAS identification approaches
To date several non-targeted screening approaches and methodologies have been developed to identify and quantify unknown compounds, including non-intentionally added substances (NIAS), migrating from...
View ArticleStudies investigate extractable and leachable FCCs, present collision cross...
Two articles published on April 5, 2022, in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, focus on the chemical analysis and identification of intentionally added substances (IAS, e.g., additives)...
View ArticleNew NIAS detected in polyester-phenolic can coating extracts
In an article published on March 7, 2022, in the journal Talanta, Julien Terrasse from the Université de Lyon, France, and co-authors analyzed non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) extracted from...
View ArticleChemical migration into coffee, canned vegetables, and Indian curd
In an article published on April 30, 2022, in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Roman Cariou from Oniris, Nantes, France, and co-authors investigated non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in...
View ArticleOligomers from plastic FCMs reviewed
Small molecules called monomers are the building blocks of polymers, such as plastics, rubber, and silicones. Short chains made up of only a few monomers are called oligomers, and they are formed...
View ArticleResearchers detect chemicals present in and migrating from PET bottles
In an article published on August 3, 2022, in the journal Food Chemistry, Asako Ozaki from the Osaka Institute of Public Health, Japan, and co-authors qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated the...
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View ArticleBioassays
The toxicological testing of food contact materials (FCMs) has been dominated by a focus on single substances typically tested for only a few toxicological endpoints, most prominently genotoxicity. In...
View ArticleOligomers – presence in FCMs and food, toxicity, challenges
Oligomers are one type of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) that may be present in plastic food contact materials (FCMs). They are composed of two to ten monomers used in the synthesis of...
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Toward a guidance to assess safety of food packaging coatings
European legislation allows non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) to be present in plastic food contact materials (FCMs) but the manufacturers must ensure the safety of the NIAS. However,...
View ArticleChemical characterization of post-consumer and recycled plastics
Three studies published in February 2023 screened plastic flakes, pellets, and products used in recycling and finished recycled products for their chemical composition using targeted and non-targeted...
View ArticleAnalyzing NIAS in harmonized and non-harmonized FCMs
On April 5, 2023, the International Life Sciences Institute Europe (ILSI) published a report giving a summary of methods for analyzing non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) across various food...
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Oligomer migration from PET and Tritan™
Oligomers can form as a side product during the polymerization or by the degradation of the (final) polymeric material and are one type of non-intentionally added substance (NIAS) that may be present...
View ArticleResearchers report NIAS migration from baby food pouches
In an article published on August 18, 2023, in the journal Chemosphere, Cheng Tang from the University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia, and co-authors investigated 79 multilayer plastic baby...
View ArticleNon-intentionally added substances (NIAS)
NIAS are chemicals present in food contact materials and articles which have not been added for a technical reason. They include side products, breakdown products, and contaminants. Although more and...
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