Food Contact Regulations Europe 2022

Chemical Watch

David Dillon

Independent Biocides Expert

• overview of FCM management in China;
• updates on food contact standards, including rubber, plastic and adhesive standards published for comment now;
• challenges and trends we are confronting;

Lei Zhu

Director, Food Safety Standard Division I, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, China

• overview on regulatory requirements for food contact materials
• comparison with different national regulatory requirement

Gary Lo

Product Manager, TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH

• Overview of different regulations on food contact materials (FCM) in India 
• Exploring key issues regarding FCM in India 
• Discussing important points for future development of FCM with a focus on food packaging inks 
• Recycled plastics in relation to FCM development in India. 

Reynold D'Souza

Senior Consultant, Global Product Compliance (GPC) Group

• EAEU region and legal framework for FCM compliance:
  • Technical Regulation (TR) of the Customs Union 005/2011 (TR 005/2011)
•  Step-wise approach to FCM compliance:
• Regulatory assessing requirements
• Testing on different types of FCM and food contact articles
• Steps to obtaining Declaration of Conformity (DoC)
• Labeling requirements, including EAC conformity mark
• Announced amendments to TR 005/2011

Ioan Paraschiv, PhD

Group Leader, Global Food & Food Contact Materials (FFCM) Division, Knoell, Netherlands

• An overview of regulations in MERCOSUR countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Main changes with the updated Mercosur regulation related to overall migration and positive lists – Resolutions GMC Nº 19/21, 20/21 and 21/21
• An overview of regulations in non-MERCOSUR countries.

Aline Lemos

Packaging Researcher, Packaging Technology Center (CETEA) of Food Technology Institute (ITAL), Brazil

• General provisions in US for food contact materials (FCM)
• Overview of US code of federal regulations (CFR) title 21, chapter I, subchapter B, Parts 174-179
• Additional routes for compliance
• State regulations to consider

Tina Robertson

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Food Contact Materials, knoell USA

• new aspects introduced by draft Commission Regulation in the EU on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods
• discuss key comments from stakeholders provided to the European Commission on this draft regulation
• clear obligations for operators and competent authorities
• update on the new E-submission platform for submitting an authorisation dossier in the EU on the recycling processes  

Ioan Paraschiv, PhD

Group Leader, Global Food & Food Contact Materials (FFCM) Division, Knoell, Netherlands

• A holistic understanding of sustainability of food contact materials / packaging
• Non-toxic material cycles, “real recyclability”, and recycled content
• NGOs campaign towards safe and reusable FCM / packaging in the toxic–free circular economy

Dorota Napierska

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

• Reminder on legislation and last evolutions in term of obligations for producers and value chains
• Plastics industry developments: safety assessment and communication
• Microplastics and human health

Michel Cassart

Senior Consumer Protection Manager, PlasticsEurope

Joined by

Bastiaan Schupp

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

Bio-based FCMs:

• What are bio-based FCMs?
• Considerations when using bio-based FCMs
• Sustainability/bio-based testing schemes, standards and methods

Malcolm Driffield, Ph.D.

Managing Scientist, Chemical Regulation & Food Safety, Exponent

• including the EU’s ‘safe and sustainable by design criteria’ and a global outlook
• sustainability in the context of FCM;
• challenges for FCM;
• risk management for FCM;
• concluding remarks

Neil Finley

Head of Global Food Safety, Henkel Adhesives, UK