Chemical Watch Events & Training by Enhesa

Agenda

08:30

Coffee and registration
09:00

Welcome

Chemical Watch
Chair:

Weldon Williams
Sr. Director, Quality Assurance, HAVI
09:15
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of food contact materials
- Introduction to the FDA’s Food Additive Program:
  Who we are
  What we regulate
  How we regulate
- Recent Accomplishments of the program
- Current Challenges faced by the program
Dennis Keefe
Director of the Office of Food Additive Safety, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
09:40
Post market concerns and non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)

Mitch Cheeseman
Managing Director, Regulatory & Industry Affairs Department, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
10:05
Food Contact Materials: Packaging compliance issues; an industry case study
- The role of packaging in food applications
- The impact that regulatory and consumer perceptions have on packaging suppliers
- Approaches that suppliers will be required to take in order to navigate this dynamic landscape
Weldon Williams
Sr. Director, Quality Assurance, HAVI
10:30

Q&A
10:45

Refreshments
11:00
Brand-owner perspectives on compliance issues

Stephen Klump
Senior Expert, Packaging Food Safety, Nestlé, USA

Jim Huang
Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
11:40
The impacts of U.S. states’ race to regulate single-use plastics (SUPs)
- Defining the legislative trends to date
- Challenges and opportunities derived from SUPs regulations
- Business impacts and consumer trends
Jomarie Garcia
Regulatory Research Analyst, Verisk 3E, United States
12:05
Food contact regulatory compliance of colorants concentrate
- The role of colorants concentrate in Packaging
- Food contact colorants concentration regulations
- Compliance of colorants concentrate in end use articles
Naeem H. Mady
Vice President, Intertek
12:30

Q&A
12:45

Lunch
13:45
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Regulatory Considerations and Labeling Concerns

Jeff Canavan
Deputy Director, Labeling and Program Delivery Staff, Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
14:15
Food Contact Notifications in USA - Practical Advice

Edwin Bisinger
Senior Science Advisor, Nouryon
14:45
Practical Considerations for Food Contact Materials Not Directly Contacting Food (Non-DFC Inks)
- FCM are Regulated to ensure the consumer safety and acceptance of the packaged food.
- Each supplier of a FCM must interpret the practical significance of the regulations.
- Inks printed onto the surface of a food packaging article (or label), are designed to not directly contact food.
- Effective control of potential food contaminants from Non-DFC inks, require areas of regulations are identified which are not applicable.
- Practical consideration is applied to critical controls of inks which are important to providing a safe food packaging article.
Gregory V. Pace PhD, MS
Consultant, Regulatory and Product Stewardship, Gregory V. Pace Ph.D. LLC
15:15

Q&A
15:30

Refreshments
15:45
California Proposition 65: upcoming changes and implications for the food contact industry

Nick Jermstad
Senior Manager, Toxicology & Environmental Assessment, Intertek, USA
16:15
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) approach to dietary exposure assessments

Seth Goldberg
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
16:45
State-level developments
- An overview of the Safer Consumer Products product prioritization process for the 2018-2020 Priority Product Work Plan
- An update on SCP’s evaluation of the food packaging product category.
Karl Palmer
Chief, Safer Consumer Products Branch, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
17:15

Q&A
17:30

End of Day 1/Cocktail reception