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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
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Team on 16 October 2006
Conference covers food contact polymers
Conference on Food Contact Polymers will feature presentations from key players in the global polymer market on food-approved grades of materials, legislation and testing.
Rapra Technology's second International Conference on Food Contact Polymers to be held in Brussels on 21st and 22nd February 2007 The conference will feature presentations from key players in the global polymer market on food-approved grades of materials, legislation and testing
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In European Union countries every year more than 10 million tons of plastics are used for packaging, of which up to 50% are used in food packaging.
This highly fragmented and specialised industry is subject to strict regulations on a framework of toxicological standards and experimental procedures to assess and monitor the impact of migration from plastic food contact materials into our food.
The EU is now working towards harmonisation to provide businesses with one set of rules to comply with throughout the EU, instead of the plethora of national rules in different EU Member States which currently exists.
Taking into account the wide spectrum of plastics used nowadays in food packaging and the large number of substances which might migrate from these materials, the fulfilment of these requirements is a challenge.
There are also numerous new materials entering the food packaging market.
Biodegradable and recycled plastics and active and intelligent food packaging are not wholly covered by existing legislation and amendments are needed to bring these in line with other directives.
These issues will be addressed at Rapra Technology's Food Contact Polymers conference along side developments in approved materials and additives, case studies of polymers in contact with food and migration research studies.
The technical programme has now been announced and includes papers from DuPont, GE Bayer Silicones, Ineos Vinyls, Henkel, Milliken Europe, Valspar and Novamont as well as renowned legal firm Keller and Heckman.
Programme highlights include presentations on the super cleaning and recycling of HDPE and PET bottles; nucleation and clarification technologies for food contact applications and the use of silicone elastomers in food contact applications.
Register before 21st December 2006 and save Eur 200.
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