On 20 January 2025, a new EU Regulation banning BPA and its salts in Food Contact Materials (FCMs) entered into force. 1 The regulation aims to minimise consumer dietary exposure to BPA as much as ...

Substances in contact with food (including food packaging), and those reasonably expected to become a component of food, are therefore food additives. Substances qualifying as food additives not ...

Initially, Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 authorized the use of BPA in certain plastic food contact materials subject to a specific migration limit.

In July 2012, Sweden approved a ban on the use of BPA in varnishes and coatings used in food packaging for children under the age of three. On 19 December 2024, Commission Regulation ( EU ) 2024/ ...

Food businesses must comply with various European and national legislation governing packaging and other food contact materials. Hazel O’Keeffe, partner at Keller and Heckman, provides a rundown of ...

Research identifies nearly 200 potential breast carcinogens in food contact materials, including plastics and paper, highlighting widespread exposure despite existing regulation.

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Greenwood, Michael. (2019, January 03). Nanoparticles in Food and Food Contact Materials.

While food packaging materials may comply with government regulations, the study shows these chemicals may not be completely safe, said senior study author Jane Muncke, managing director and chief ...

Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety revised legislation allowing the use of rPET and recycled polyethylene naphthalate (rPEN) in food-contact materials as part of multilayer structures.

Its main guidelines are as follows: The use of BPA and its salts is prohibited in the manufacture of materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, as is the placing on the EU market ...

The European Union has banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA). This came into effect with Regulation 2024/3190 in late 2024, but it took over 20 years of scientific study to cut out this silent toxin ...