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Latest Developments in Food Packaging Highlights Need for Legislation

Tightening regulations on food contact materials within the EU are seen driving aspects of the ink industry forward through more compliant materials.

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By: Terry Knowles

European Editor

Earlier this year, the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) published some interesting insights into the connections between printing ink and adhesive chemicals and food, showing that studies indicated how certain compounds were discovered to have migrated into foodstuffs.  Collectively, scientists are now aware of nearly 7,500 chemicals that are used in plastic food packaging, with more than 600 of them deemed to be of high concern. Among those identified in recent research were caprolactam (an irrita...

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