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.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report critiquing the premarket authorization programs handled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Addressing the crowd at Keller and Heckman’s 23rd Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar, Dr. Sharon Koh-Fallet, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Branch Chief of the Regulatory Review Branch in the Division of Food Contact Substances (DFCS), reminded attendees that all FDA authorizations and exemptions from authorization are based on a substance’s intended use. Dr.
On October 28, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) solicited comments on three new resins for use in food-contact materials and articles. The substances and specifications are listed below.
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.
One of the requirements imposed by Maine’s Act to Stop Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution, which has now been incorporated into 38 M.R.S. §1614, is manufacturers of products with intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) must report the presence of PFAS in those products to the Department of Environmental Protection (the Department) beginning January 1, 2023.
U.S. states continue to introduce legislation that would ban food packaging with intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Two state legislatures that recently introduced bills impacting food packaging containing PFAS are New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (For more information on laws in other states on this topic, see the Packaginglaw.com article, Navigating U.S.