HIGHLIGHTS:
The regulatory background and update on the national regulation
- European Union update on food contact materials (FCM) in foodstuffs
- EFSA’s activities in the area of FCM
- Update on the revision of the Dutch regulation on FCM
Toxicological aspects
- Compounds from multilayer plastic bags cause reproductive failures in artificial insemination
Risk assessment of IAS/NIAS
- ILSI recommendations on how to deal with NIAS
- FACET – its use in risk assessment
Test methods for FCMs
- Migration from polyolefins
- Testing barriers for packaging in recycled paperboard: update of the attempt of the Swiss Packaging Institute (SVI) to establish a standard
- Advances in data processing and interpretation for mass spectrometry
- Advances in exploring the migration potential of nanoparticles from FCM
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