Uneven enforcement of food-contact material (FCM) legislation across European Union (EU) is one of the shortcomings of the EU food contact legislation, according to a recently released draft report by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).

The Environmental Defense Fund, nine other nongovernmental organizations, and an independent consultant submitted a Citizen Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 19, 2016, requesting that the Agency remove the prior sanction of five ortho-phthalates and ban eight other ortho-phthalates.

Effective August 3, 2016, all foreign manufacturing facilities that produce food and food packaging to be sold or marketed in Korea must be registered. This applies to all facilities producing food; food additives, and food packaging.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added seven new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added five new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.

FCN No. (sorted Z-A)	Food Contact Substance	Manufacturer

What FDA Regulations Apply to Secondary Packaging of Reusable Spoons?

What FDA regulations, if any, apply to secondary packaging of food-contact articles (i.e., reusable spoons individually wrapped in plastic)?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added ten new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed FCN numbers, substances, manufacturers, and effective dates are listed below.

Keller and Heckman Partner Devon Hill was quoted extensively in the Food Chemical News (FCN) January 15, 2016, article, titled, “Regulatory Outlook 2016: Packaging sector contends with FSMA and food additive petitions in 2016.” He discussed the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on the food packaging industry, especially the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added six new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed FCN numbers, substances, manufacturers and effective dates are listed below.

 

1. 1592; Copolymers of acrylamide, diallyldimethylammonium chloride, 2-methylenebutanedioic acid and propenoic acid; Plasmine Technology, Inc./Harima Chemicals, Inc.; Dec 9, 2015.

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