Food Contact Regulations Europe 2023

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

• Japan: latest development of Positive list system; and
• Key change in other Asian markets.

Nick Cheng

Manager – Food Contact materials, Business Stream Products, Asia Pacific and Greater China Region, TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd.

• General overview on standards for Food Contact Materials in China;
• Basic principles; and
• New standards for adhesives, printing inks and multilayer materials.

Martin Klatt

Executive Specialist Regulatory Affairs, Head of Product Stewardship Dispersions and Resins, BASF SE, E-EDE/QP, Germany

• MERCOSUR legislation for food contact materials – general concepts;
• Types of materials and their respective GMC resolutions; and
• Updated regulation (GMC N. 16/20, N. 19/21, N. 20/21 and N. 21/21) and main changes.

Fiorella Balardin Hellmeister Dantas

Technical Manager, Packaging Technology Center

• Overview of the food safety and standards (packaging) regulations 2018;
• Issues related to extended producer responsibility (EPR) and recycled plastics in food contact; and
• Future development of FCM in India.

Dr Jess Chia-Sui Hsu

Regulatory Manager, GPC Taiwan

Moderator

David Dillon

Independent Biocides Expert

PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION

• General provisions in US for Food Contact Materials;
• Overview of US Code of Federal regulations and additional routes for compliance; and 
• Overview of US State regulations impacting packaging.

Tina Robertson

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Food Contact Materials, knoell USA

LIVE STREAM Q&A

• Plastic waste and beverage & food packaging recycling: the gap between ambition and reality;
• The use of recycled plastics in food contact articles: challenges and opportunities; and
• An NGO view on way forward.

Dorota Napierska

Toxic-free Circular Economy Policy Officer, Zero Waste Europe (ZWE)

• Overview of the new recycled plastics regulation;
• Requirements for suitable vs. novel technologies; and
• Challenges posed by the new regulation.

Hazel O'Keeffe

Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

• Safe & Sustainable by design;
• Substances of concern; and
• Circular economy and impact on recycled materials

Tina Robertson

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Food Contact Materials, knoell USA

• Chemical differences of solvent-based and water-based adhesives and inks;
• Tools to assess sustainability;
• Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging; and
• Safety aspects of using and recycling multilayer materials for food contact.

Martin Klatt

Executive Specialist Regulatory Affairs, Head of Product Stewardship Dispersions and Resins, BASF SE, E-EDE/QP, Germany

• The Commission’s recommendation on safe and sustainable by design chemicals;
• The proposal on ecodesign for sustainable products; and
• The main takeaways for the industry. 

Zanda Romata

Senior Associate, Steptoe LLP

Joined by

Bastiaan Schupp

Team Leader – Food Contact Materials, European Commission - DG SANTE, Belgium