Programme
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Join us in person or virtually
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Coffee and registration
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Welcome
- Session one: Food Contact Regulations in North America
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An update on OFAS (Office of Food Additive Safety)
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Changing Landscape: State Challenges re Chemicals of Concern, FDA Post-Market Reviews
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GRAS Substances: still under attack? A bit of history and a policy update
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Food Contact and Proposition 65
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Q&A
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Lunch and networking
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Chemical Watch platform demonstration
- Session two: Substance-specific issues
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Printing inks for food packaging and accompanied communication down the packaging chain
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Printing inks and the food packaging materials supply chain
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Paper-based packaging regulations in the US
Food safety, clean packaging, transparency, and challenges:
- what is clean packaging and why is product transparency important;
- what needs to be done regarding compliance and safety;
- discuss the main strategy and the process
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Food contact evaluation for coatings and adhesives
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Q&A
- Session three: Risk assessment
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Break
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Risk assessment of FCMs: FDA perspective
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Risk assessment of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)
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Food substances in contact with infant formula and/or human milk
- the key changes from the ‘regular’ FDA guidance such as the normalised exposure-based testing tiers and outline the minimum testing recommendations and modified protocols; and
- discuss the age dependent cancer risk analysis of carcinogenic constituents and provide useful examples
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Q&A
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Drinks and networking