#ToxicFreePackaging: Chemicals and the Circular Economy
We need safe food contact materials to use, reuse and recycle, in order to achieve a toxic-free circular economy.
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#ToxicFreePackaging Truth & Myths
We need safe food contact materials in a toxic-free circular economy
BEUC: Towards Safe and Sustainable Food Packaging
European consumer organisations call for action on single-use tableware made of alternatives to plastic
BEUC: Factsheet on FCMs
FCM producers are not required to assess – let alone minimise – potential food contaminants released from their packaging materials or products. Overall, this situation is unacceptable, and calls for a rethink of the EU’s FCM legislation to better protect European consumers.
BEUC: Time is Ripe to Repackage Food Safety
BEUC Position on the regulation of Food Contact Materials
BEUC: More Than A Paper Tiger
A new lab test shows that food packaging made of coloured paper and cardboard – such as coffee cups and straws – may contain and release chemicals originating from the inks used for printing.
BEUC: Fluorinated substances: the best packaging for your fast food?
The food that I serve my three children is likely to contain unwanted substances due to contaminated soil, air or water. It’s sad, but it’s a fact.