EFSA European Food Safety Authority

SABIC Partnership with Oerlemans, Lamb Weston to create packaging from bio-renewable feedstock / Packs for frozen food hit shelves in UK, Netherlands	16.10.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING Regulation, recession, recycling: Pressure on manufacturers is growing / Demand for industrial packaging notably weakened – FachPack trade fair	14.10.2024
BERRY GLOBAL Launch of cosmetics packaging made from PCR polypropylene / CleanStream recyclates get FDA approval	21.08.2024
JOKEY Cooperation with German waste disposal company on PP recycling / Closed-loop food packaging	21.05.2024
BISPHENOL A New EU regulations on the horizon / Public consultation in progress / “Health risk across all age groups”	20.02.2024
DRAVA INTERNATIONAL Blaze in Croatia destroys stores of PE, PET waste / Injuries reported	06.10.2023
DENTIS Significant PET recycling capacity expansion in Italy / New brand for food-grade recyclate	11.09.2023
EU LEGISLATION Regulatory changes for food-contact plastics to take effect in August / Updates for plasticisers / No new review for styrene	19.07.2023
INEOS STYROLUTION Partners to mechanically recycle PS food packaging / Greenfield plant to be built in Germany	11.07.2023
WINE BOTTLES “PET is the best and most environmentally kind material for bottle packaging” / Packamama founder and CEO Santiago Navarro talks about his rPET flat-packed wine bottles and global expansion plans	12.04.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact	08.12.2022
NGR K 2022: EFSA, FDA food contact approval for rPET from LSP process	24.10.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann	29.09.2022
BISPHENOL A FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”	02.02.2022
BISPHENOL A EFSA revisits proposals for BPA use in food packaging / New guidance would slash tolerable intake levels 100,000-fold	27.01.2022
BASATLI First bottle-to-bottle PET recycling unit from Starlinger to be installed in Turkey	03.01.2022
SICHT-PACK HAGNER Film manufacturer starts processing plant for PET flakes / Capacity of 15,000 t/y	10.05.2021
SP GROUP Participation in Spanish plastic packaging project / Development of monomaterial recyclable packaging for food	01.04.2021
STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS Application to EFSA for rPS as food contact material / Successful trials	12.03.2021
PLASTIX Partnership with US nanotechnology specialist Titan Bioplastics to boost uptake of recycled plastics in Europe	30.07.2020
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EFSA updates assessment for five phthalates used in food-contact materials / “Not a concern for public health”	10.01.2020
COEXPAN Launch of 100% rPET tray for food contact use / Formulated for thermoforming market	30.10.2019
ANL Increased use of rPET with recyclate from external sources / Company renamed ANL Packaging	29.10.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU general court dismisses PlasticsEurope's BPA challenge / Listing as a SVHC and endocrine disruptor under REACH stands	18.07.2019
FOOD PACKAGING EU making a move to approve recycling processes for food-contact materials	10.10.2018