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Programme

  1. Registration and coffee

  2. Welcome and introduction

  3. Regulatory trends and developments for food contact in China

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

  4. Food contact material compliance and petition in China

    • Compliance requirements for food contact materials in China
    • Strategy for new food contact material petition in China
    • Comparison of China to EU and US food contact regulations

  5. Food contact material and article standards in South Korea

  6. Q&A session

  7. Refreshment break

  8. Status on FCM regulations in Japan, Thailand and other ASEAN countries

    • Japan - updates to the Positive List (PL)
    • Thailand - new standards including TIS 1027 for plastic bags for food
    • Indonesia's draft amendment to the Food Packaging Regulation
    • Singapore's deposit schemes for beverage containers
    • Philippines voluntary certification of food contact materials

  9. Q&A session

  10. Lunch and networking

  11. Asian regulatory landscape and compliance strategies for emerging chemicals of concern

  12. Adhesive and functional coating regulatory updates and strategies for staying ahead of policy developments

    • Adhesives & functional coating behind of food contact materials
    • Emerging regulatory updates related to adhesive & functional coating for FCM
    • How to monitor & eliminate the substance of interest
    • Disclosure through Declaration of Compliance

  13. Q&A session

  14. Refreshment break

  15. Overview of FCM regulations in the European Union and best practice for compliance

    • Compliance requirements for food contact materials in Europe. 
    • Food contact material assessment - where to start? what to do?  
    • Dealing with unexpected results during the assessment

  16. Regulatory enforcement and challenges in printing ink industry

    • Printing ink in food packaging has essential roles; not only has functions to put color in packaging but also to ensure no hazardous chemicals from inks migrate and contaminate to the food
    • Therefore ensuring product safety is important by fulfilling regulatory compliances. In this session we will look regulatory in world that relevant to printing ink for food packaging
    • However, there are few challenges to fulfill the compliances due to regulations and value chain complexity. Further collaboration among supply chain is absolutely needed to ensure packaging safety

  17. Q&A session

  18. Close of workshop