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Programme

  1. Conference welcome

  2. Session one: China’s food contact regulations

  3. Updates of food contact standard in China

    • The overview of FCM management in China
    • Some updates on food contact standards, including rubber, plastic and adhesive standards published for comment now
    • Some challenges and trends we are confronting

  4. What’s next for FCM regulations in China: Industry perspectives

    • Major challenges for the FCM industry
    • Deviation of Chinese standard with other major EU regulation
    • Better compliance journey

  5. Q&A

  6. Break

  7. Session two: Regulations across Asia Pacific

  8. Food contact regulations ANZ – Updates

    • Standards Australia
    • Food standards Australia and New Zealand
    • Updates

  9. FCM regulations across ASEAN countries, recent updates and future harmonisation

    • Draft regulations published by Thailand on various food-contact materials

  10. Japan and the positive list for food packaging, including recent revisions

    • outline of Japan’s Food Contact regulatory structure and which materials are in scope;
    • overview of Japan’s positive list including how to identify the latest updates;
    • requirements for filing an application for a new food contact substance in Japan and how to receive a Certificate of Compliance

  11. Q&A

  12. Break

  13. Chemical Watch platform demonstration

  14. Session three: Substance specific issues

  15. Compliance of food contact paper and bamboo: Emerging chemical substances of concern

    • Food contact papers: Emerging chemical substances of concern
    • Food contact bamboo & wood: Emerging chemical substances of concern
    • The risk management approach 

  16. Compliance strategy of food contact plastics, China and Japan

    • China GB standards of plastics and compliance strategy
    • Compliance strategy of Japan new food contact regulations and positive lists

  17. Adhesives in FCMs

    1. Adhesives behind food contact materials
    2. How to monitor & eliminate the substance of interest
    3. Disclosure through Declaration of Compliance

  18. Inks and coatings guidelines for food contact materials in Asia

    • Safety aspects of packaging inks
    • Brief update on the Indian regulation (focus on inks)
    • Compliance monitoring for packaging inks
    • Concept of migration optimised inks

  19. Q&A

  20. Short break

  21. Session four: Eurasia food contact Regulations and global trends

  22. EAEU technical regulation on packaging safety and developments in Russia

    • Technical Regulation (TR) of the Customs Union (CU) on FCMs, TR CU 005/2011, “on safety of packaging”
    • Details on product-specific requirements and testing methods on different types of FCM
    • Steps to attestation of conformity with the TR of the CU (EurAsian conformity = EAC conformity mark), covered by the ‘EAC declaration’

  23. Food contact materials controls in India

    • Overview of different regulations on food contact materials (FCM) in India;
    • Exploring key issues regarding FCM in India;
    • Discussing important points for future development of FCM with a focus on food packaging inks

  24. Global trends for food contact regulations and the outlook for 2022

    • What is the global trend in FCM regulations ? A snapshot of the current FCM regulations settings, and a glimpse into the future
    • The impact of industrial chemical regulations, like EU-REACH, on FCM regulations – what to expect in the future?
    • The impact on Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) on FCM regulations – what to expect in the future?

  25. Q&A

  26. Close of conference