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 ...

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 ...

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/ ...

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

Since 2000, nearly 99% of any new food contact chemicals were greenlit for use by the food and chemical industry, not the US Food and Drug Administration, according to a 2022 analysis by EWG.

The recently updated, open-access FCCmigex database now compiles information on 5,294 food contact chemicals from packaging and other food contact articles across 1,500 scientific studies. Latest ...

Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found ...

Seventy-nine of those food-processing chemicals are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, endocrine and reproductive issues, and other health concerns, according to the September 2024 study ...

A shocking new study found that nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer are being used in food packaging, and, worse yet, dozens of the carcinogens can find their way into the body.

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.

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 ...