Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
- Exploring wider issues and hot topics
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Key updates on FCM regulations for markets outside of the EU
Ioan Paraschiv, PhD
Group Leader, Global Food & Food Contact Materials (FFCM) Division, Knoell, Netherlands -
National legislative developments for FCMs
- The regulation of FCMs at EU and Member States level
- General overview of the interplay between EU and Italian legislation on FCMs (e.g., what works and what doesn’t)
- Specific cases of how Italian law regulates FCMs (e.g., plastic, tin, and chrome-plated bands)
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Implications of the EU Omnibus package and other ESG frameworks on FCM companies operating in the EU
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Q&A session
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Refreshment break
- Exploring wider issues and hot topics cont.
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Paper and board industry perspective on achieving FCM safety, sustainability and compliance
- Challenges surrounding the lack of harmonized legislation for paper and board
- Cepi FCM and GMP guidelines which were developed as a consequence of the missing harmonization and which are the basis for compliance work
- Case study: practical application of Cepi guidelines and DoCs, sustainability context for FCMs
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Understanding 'inertness' in the context of food contact materials and articles
- Definitions of the scientific term “inert”
- Overview of mechanisms of transfer of substances from food contact materials and articles to food. Typical levels of transfer of substances from different FCMs to food, and tolerable levels according to Article (3) para. 1 of Regulation (EC) No 193572004
- Understanding of the ALARA principle
- Challenges to achieving inertness in many common food contact materials articles
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How packaging development teams consider food contact regulations and sustainability in innovation
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Q&A session
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Lunch break
- The outlook for non-harmonized FCMs
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Supply chain transparency and experience from the ink sector
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Coatings industry perspective on achieving FCM safety, sustainability and compliance
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Sustainability assessment of water-based versus solvent-based adhesives for flexible packaging
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Q&A session
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Close of conference
