EFSA European Food Safety Authority

TRINSEO Launch of rPS for food-contact applications	12.03.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach	27.01.2025
EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging	24.01.2025
BISPHENOL-A EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months	13.01.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING Future Resources Congress: Challenges resulting from PPWR for recyclate use, recyclability / European Packaging Register Network established	29.11.2024
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