The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released interim guidance on January 9, 2023, regarding how agencies should consider greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change effects of their proposed actions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
On November 29, 2022, the Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Circular 2022-011, titled, “Guidelines on the Application and Issuance of Voluntary Certification of Food Contact Articles (FCA) Used for Prepackaged Processed Food Products.” The Guidelines set forth procedures and instructions for the submission of applications for voluntary certification of food contact articles in the Philippines.
Recent updates to the California Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program could impact food packaging requirements in the state. The regulations implementing California’s Green Chemistry Initiative—referred to as the “Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Regulations”—have been amended to conform to the requirements in SB 502, which was signed by the governor on September 28, 2022.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) website, updated as of December 29, 2022, now states that packaging for a product subject to the State’s PFAS notification and reporting requirement “is not required to be reported.” Notifications under this law (Public Law c.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added three new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Quality and Safety of Food-Related Products (Interim Measures). This latest iteration of the measures, released on October 8, 2022, was developed from a draft version that was published for comment on July 31, 2020.
On November 30, 2022, the European Union Commission proposed a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste, which would replace 94/62/EC, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The proposed regulation would, among other things:
Is there guidance on what information must be in a Food Master File?
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) has updated its Frequently Asked Questions webpage to clarify the state’s position that food packaging is not exempt from the PFAS reporting requirement under Public Law c. 477, An Act To Stop Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution.