Agenda
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Registration
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Short Introduction to Polymer Science and the factors that affect migration into food
09:00 Short Introduction to Polymer Science and the factors that affect migration into food
- Overview of polymer materials
- Origin of migrants from polymer products
- Mechanisms that influence the migratory behaviour of polymers
- Correlation with global compliance approach, how polymers are regulated worldwide (EU, FDA, Mercosur and China)
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Refreshment break
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Assessing the Safety of Food Contact Materials
- Overall migration tests
- Specific migration tests
- Analytical approaches in FDA and GB Standard
- Computer modelling of migration
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Lunch
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Application of Food Contact Regulations in EU to Specific Products and Future Trends in Food Contact Materials
The principal classes of food contact products will be targeted:
- Plastics
- Rubbers
- Inks/Coatings
- Silicone based products
- Nanotechnology
- New Additives
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Refreshment break
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Use of Recycled Materials for Food Contact Products
- Plastics
- Paper and Board
- Status of other materials, e.g. rubber, glass
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Recap
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Questions and close