Food Contact Materials Regulation

Monday, 5_th February 2024

8.50
Opening Remarks
Dr Bernard Hegarty, Director of Enforcement Policy, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

• EU progress towards compliance with FCM legislation
• Minimization of hazardous chemicals and creation of innovative packaging solutions
• To what extent have the requirements for industry changed?
• What are the current gaps in the new legislation?
• Are there already solutions in place?

9.45
Legal Issues on the Regulation of Chemicals in FCMs

• EU legislative priorities for 2024 affecting FCMs
• Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2510 on establishing a European framework for "inherently safe and sustainable" chemicals and materials – the example of BPA
• Conclusion and outlook for regulatory issues

Dr Anna Gergely, Director, EHS Regulatory, Steptoe & Johnson LLP,
Belgium

10.30     Coffee Break and Networking

11.00
The Green Deal and Challenges with Printing Ink from a Manufacturer’s
Point of View

• Toxicology meets regulation – the role of science
• CLP: hazard classes and Food Contact Materials
• Issues with NIAS
• Farm to Fork: opportunities and limitations
• Circular Economy and ink’s impact on recyclates
• Foresighted adaptation: how to anticipate upcoming requirements

Dr Evert Delbanco, Director Food Safety and Toxicology, Global Product
Safety and Responsibility, Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA,
Germany

11.45
Sustainability Aspects

• Regulatory framework and requirements for the industry
• Set of hygiene standards
• How to create sustainability strategies
• Prospects for the future

Malcolm Driffield, PhD Managing Scientist - Food Safety and Food
Contact Materials, Exponent International Ltd, UK

12.30     Lunch Break

14.00
Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

• The role of product stewardship
• How to deal with regulatory updates in an everchanging environment
• Methodological aspects of risk assessment
• Analyzing data

Dr Zahra Mazloomi, Product Stewardship Dispersion & Resin, BASF SE, Germany

14.45
Regulatory Updates on FCM Regulations in the EU Including Recycled
Plastics Used in Food Contact Applications

• Highlights on the revision of Framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and on 16th Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011
• New EU safety requirements of specific food contact substances following EFSA recent assessments (e.g., phthalates, PFAS, etc.)
• EU requirements for the authorization of new food contact substances considering the EU Transparency Regulation (EU) No 2019/1381
• Regulation (EU) No 2022/1616 requirements for authorization of new recycling processes for post-consumer plastics, intended to be used thereafter in food contact applications

Dr Ioan Paraschiv, Group Leader – Global Food & Food Contact Materials
(FFCM) Division, knoell NL B.V., the Netherlands

15.30     Coffee Break and Networking

16.00
The EU’s Green Deal: the Impact of Food Contact Materials

• Putting an end to wasteful packaging
• Boosting reuse and recycling
• How chemicals in food contact materials can impact
• How does the Green Deal affect the industry?

Neil Finley, Head of Food Safety, Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs,
Henkel Adhesive Technologies, UK

16.45     Chairman’s Closing Remarks 

17.00     End of Day One

18.00     Evening Event

 

 

Tuesday, 6th February 2024

8.55
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Dr Bernard Hegarty, Director of Enforcement Policy, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

9.00
Food Contact Materials: Emerging Issues

• The curent state of science: scrutinizing FCM
• Analytical challenges and insights to be gained
• NIAS and limitations of general screening
• The path to sustainable solutions

Marga Aznar Ramos, Senior Lecturer, University of Zaragoza, Spain

9.45
Solutions for Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Packaging

• Current and future ideas
• Opportunities for the industry
• Recycling topic: what are the opportunities for us?
• What is new?

Anna Papagrigoraki, Sustainability Director, Confederation of European
Paper Industries (CEPI)

10.30     Coffee Break and Networking

11.00
Printing Inks for Food Contact

• Overview over European Regulation
• German Printing Ink Ordinance – news, updates, critical points
• Compliance for Printing Inks
• EuPIA concepts

Dr Christof Walter, Food Contact Manager, European Printing Ink
Association (EuPIA)

11.45
PFAS: Regulatory Scope and Restrictions

• The definition of PFAS and its groups
• What is regulated, and what will change? `
• Impact and consequences for the industry
• How will the food sector in general be affected?
• Experiences with the PFAs restriction and potential substitution

Dr Carlos de la Cruz Garcia, Head of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs,
Nestlé System Technology Center, Switzerland

12.30     Lunch Break

14.00
Challenges with Rubber and Plastic Sealing Solutions for the Food Processing Industry

• GMP requirements
• Related regulatory frameworks
• How to deal with upcoming PFAS restriction
• Migration – points to be considered
• Collaboration within the supply chain: opportunities and limitations

Dr Petra Hilt, Global Manager Compliance Food Contact Materials,
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH, Germany

14.45
On the Origin of NIAS in Mechanical Recycled Plastics and the Options to Produce Food-Grade Recycled Plastics in the Future

• General overview of NIAS: what are they all about?
• NIAS: where do they come from?
• Neo-formed NIAS during the recycling process
• The limited options for the production of food-grade recycled plastics
• How can we meet the demands of the newly proposed European legislation? (PPWR)

Dr. Ulphard Thoden van Velzen, Senior Scientist Packaging Technology
and Recycling, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, the Netherlands

15.30     Coffee Break

15.15
FCM: from risk assessment to essential use

• How does the chemicals strategy for sustainability impact the food contact materials legislation?
• What could be the new paradigm for evaluation of FCM and what is “generic risk assessment”?
• Is there a place of the essential use concept in FCM evaluation?

Pavlina Chopova-Leprêtre, Partner, Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP

16.00
FCM: Practical and Regulatory Challenges in the US

• The regulatory framework in the US
• Indirect impact to food packaging within regulations
• Collaborative approach to regulations in global supply chain

Bethany Woods, Senior Food Contact Compliance Manager, BASF, USA

16.45     Chairman’s Closing Remarks

17.00     End of the Conference