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  1. Session 3: Addressing fear of “chemicals” - substance specific issues
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    During this session, stakeholders involved in food contact materials (FCM) regulations will discuss their specific roles within the space of chemical safety and how they work together to ensure compliance.

  3. Introduction

    Weldon Williams Weldon Williams
    Sr. Director, Quality Assurance, HAVI

  4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of Food Contact Materials

    • overview of FDA’s of food contact materials
    • how the FDA is part of the wider stakeholder process in food contact material regulation
    Dennis Keefe Dennis Keefe
    Director of the Office of Food Additive Safety, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  5. Retailers as Regulators: Retailer Concerns and Expectations for Food Packaging

    Sarah Roller Sarah Roller
    Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

  6. The role of NGO's in product stewardship of the food supply/ food contact materials

    Tom Neltner Tom Neltner
    Senior Director, Safer Chemicals, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

  7. The manufacturers role in food packaging materials regulations: what is SmartLabel® and how can it help build consumer trust via transparency

    • what is SmartLabel™
    • how does it work
    • benefits for industry and consumers
    Jim Flannery Jim Flannery
    Senior Executive Vice President, Grocery Manufacturers Association

  8. Refreshments

  9. Round table session: Effective Communication of Science

    All speakers from AM session plus Devon Hill, Partner Keller and Heckman and General Counsel to PLASTICS’ Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Packaging Materials Committee and Food Packaging Coalition

    Devon Hill Devon Hill
    Partner, Keller and Heckman

  10. Lunch

  11. Session 4 - International: Role of the regulators

  12. Regulation of Food Packaging in Canada: an update and opportunities

    • Update on the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations
    • Canada-US Regulatory Cooperation Council opportunities for alignment and harmonization
    • Compliance tools and resources available
    Dave Saucier Dave Saucier
    Consultant, Responsible Distribution Canada

  13. Food Contact Regulatory Situation in South America

    • Blocks and country associations in South America - CAN (Andean Community of Nations), Chile and MERCOSUR - and a general panorama of their FCMs regulatory situation
    • MERCOSUR (The Common Market of the South) FCMs regulations update
    • Regulatory status of food contact post-consumer recycled PET (PCR-PET) in MERCOSUR
    Alejandro Ariosti Alejandro Ariosti
    Engineer, National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI)

  14. Introduction to European food packaging controls – what’s harmonised and what’s not

    • Specific controls on plastics in the EU - the authorisation process
    • Controls on printing inks - a future harmonised approach
    • Ensuring compliance - what do you need to know
    Rhodri Evans Rhodri Evans
    Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent

  15. Coffee break

  16. China: Establishing the System

    • role of China food and Drug Administration (CFDA)
    • role of the China National Center For Food Safety Risk Assessment Center (CFSA)
    • role of General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)
    Huqiu Zhang Huqiu Zhang
    Vice President of Chemical Management, Intertek Product Assurance

  17. Regulation of Food Packaging in Australia and New Zealand

    • summarise the results of the project and the outcomes in terms of regulatory measures
    • describe current FSANZ work on developing a food packaging information guide that will assist industry in managing the risks from chemical migration from packaging into food
    Leise Berven Leise Berven
    Senior Scientist - Product Safety Standards, Food Standards Australia and New Zelanad

  18. Round table: The relationship between industry and the regulators: what does each system do well and poorly, where can it improve?

    All speakers from PM session

  19. Close of conference

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