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Eurofins Acquires Food Testing Lab Institut Nehring

Oct 18, 2017

Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has acquired Institut Nehring, a food testing laboratory in the German market. Institut Nehring was established in 1905; today the company is well-known in the German market thanks to its ...

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Domino Introduces Wide Range of CIJ Inks at Interpack 2017 in Germany

May 11, 2017

British printing technology company, Domino Printing Sciences has introduced a new and comprehensive range of continuous ink jet (CIJ) inks at interpack 2017 held at Düsseldorf, Germany. These continuous ink jet inks have been ...

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Intertek Offers Expanded Testing and Consulting Services to Food Packaging Firms

Dec 3, 2015

Intertek has expanded testing and consulting services in a bid to help food packaging companies in meeting non-intentionally added substance (NIAS) regulatory requirements. The company's food contact specialists have added new, highly ...

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RPC and Total Launch Multilayer Jar for Food Storage Applications

Oct 28, 2015

RPC Promens Consumer Corby, a producer of extrusion blow moulded barrier bottles and wide-necked jars, along with oil and gas company Total has launched a new multilayer jar for long-term and high barrier food storage applications. The ...

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BPA Has a Safety Tick

Feb 2, 2015

In America, the FDA’s current position is that BPA is safe at the current levels occurring in foods. In 2014, FDA experts from across the agency, specialising in toxicology, analytical chemistry, endocrinology, epidemiology, and other ...

Tags: toxicology, analytical chemistry, endocrinology, Agriculture

Hazardous Chemicals Are Legally Used in The Production of Food Contact Materials in Europe

Jul 28, 2014

A new study has revealed that food packaging includes hazardous chemicals that are legally used in the production of food contact materials in Europe and the US, and cause health problems. The study entitled 'Food contact substances ...

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Phoenix Technologies Has Secured Approval From The EFSA for Its Manufacturing Process

Jul 25, 2014

Recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) producer Phoenix Technologies International has secured approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its manufacturing process, which is based on extra small particle size ...

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Food Packaging Is Not Dangerous, Australian Experts Have Said

Mar 7, 2014

Food packaging is not dangerous, Australian experts have said Australian experts have reassured Australians that the chemicals in plastic food packaging are not harmful to human health. Dr Ian Musgrave, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty ...

Tags: Food Packaging Chemicals, chemicals in plastic food packaging

Meeting on Developments Held by Russian PM in Petrochemicals

Jul 5, 2013

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the development of the chemical and petrochemical industries. The attendees of the meeting included Deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Novak, the Minister of ...

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BPA Is Used in Food Packaging Such as Tins,Bottles,and Boxes as Well as in Dental Fillings

Apr 12, 2013

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in food packaging such as tins, bottles (including baby bottles until recently), and boxes as well as in dental fillings. Its use has been a concern among food and health officials and governments for several ...

Tags: BPA, Packaging, Printing, food packaging

Intertek Completed a European Union (EU) 10/2011 Testing Program

Mar 15, 2013

Intertek, a provider of safety solutions, has announced that it has completed a European Union (EU) 10/2011 testing program involving about 30 grades of food contact stock shape materials for Quadrant. Within the EU, all plastic food ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

The EC Is Currently Reviewing The Existing Regulatory Framework on Food Contact Materials

Jan 25, 2013

The European Commission is currently reviewing the existing regulatory framework on food contact materials, in particular Directive 84/500/EEC for ceramic articles. Among the discussed features of this revision are: the extension of the ...

Tags: Glass, ceramic articles, glass materials

Ec States That Safety of Nanomaterials Should Be Evaluated on a Case-by-Case Basis

Dec 4, 2012

The European Commission (EC) has stated in its latest review that the safety of nanomaterials should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The regulator said in its second regulatory review on nanomaterials that these materials are ...

Tags: safety of nanomaterials, nanomaterials, normal chemicals

BPA in Food Packaging Is Witnessing'contradictory'messages with Regulatory Bodies

Oct 16, 2012

France's decision to ban bisphenol A(BPA)in food packaging is witnessing'contradictory'messages with regulatory bodies still claiming that the chemical is safe,according to the BPA Coalition an association which supports the use of ...

Tags: BPA, food contact packaging, ban

EFSA Approved Two More Plastics Ingredients as Safe for Food Contact Materials

Jul 22, 2011

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved two more plastics ingredients as safe for use in certain food contact materials. The European Union (EU) agency's panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and processing ...

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