Programme

  1. Registration and coffee

  2. Event welcome

  3. Session one: CHINA’S FOOD CONTACT REGULATIONS

  4. Updates of food contact standards in China

    PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION

    • The latest progress of food safety standard system for food contact materials in China; and
    • Important modifications and development trends of FC food safety standards.
  5. What’s next for FCM regulations in China: Industry perspectives

    • Top regulatory challenges for the industries; and
    • Ways forward to ensure product safety & compliance.
  6. Q&A session

  7. Refreshment break

  8. Session two: REGULATIONS ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC

  9. Food contact regulations across the Asia Pacific region

    • Brief overview of food-contact regulations in Asia Pacific countries;
    • Recent update of regulations on recycled plastics; and
    • Speculation on future development.
  10. Overview of Food Contact Materials Regulations of Thailand

    • Overview of food regulations structure and related regulations in Thailand;
    • Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 92: ceramic container, enamelled container;
    • Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 435: plastic container;
    • Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 369: feeding bottle container;
    • Thai Industrial Standards (TIS) for Food Contact Materials (FCM); and
    • 2022 -2023 updates.
  11. Food Contact Regulations Australia New Zealand

    • Australian industrial chemicals introduction scheme – reporting requirements;
    • Food standards Australia New Zealand; and
    • Food packaging industry updates.
  12. Q&A session

  13. Lunch and networking

  14. Chemical Watch platform demonstration

  15. Welcome back

  16. Japan: Developments in food packaging regulations

    • Overview of FCM regulation in Japan;
    • New challenges to the positive list system; and
    • Development of the positive list system.
  17. FCM certification requirement published by the Malaysian government

    • A guidance to the nation’s voluntary certification of food contact products;
    • Procedural and specification requirements for food contact products used in the preparation, processing, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure of food; and
    • Application criteria and procedures for application.
  18. Food contact material and article standards in South Korea

    • food contact material related regulation;
    • main regulations on food contact;
    • material standards; and
    • reminder
  19. Taiwan FCM regulations

    • Food contact material management: background;
    • Food contact material management: regulatory update; and
    • Case study & the future of enforcement.
  20. Q&A session

  21. Refreshment break

  22. Session three: SUBSTANCE SPECIFIC ISSUES

  23. New food contact substance petition

    • How to introduce food contact substance into China?;
    • What toxicological data requires;
    • How to do the petition?; and
    • Case experiences sharing.
  24. An update on Chinese regulations for paper, bamboo and wood

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • The updates of Chinese regulations for food contact paper and wood & bamboo;
    • The emerging risk posed by the food contact paper; and
    • The issues related to the compliance of food contact wood & bamboo.
  25. Safety & compliance assessment of FCM related adhesives

    • Adhesives behind food contact materials;
    • How to monitor & eliminate the substance of interest; and
    • Disclosure through declaration of compliance
  26. Q&A session

  27. Close of conference