FOOD CONTACT PLASTICS
(programme updated 7 April)
Wednesday 16 June 2010
08.00 Registration and refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Update on EU food contact materials legislation
* Plastic implementing measure - content and implications
* Active and intelligent materials- rules and application for authorisation
* Outlook for the next years
Annette Schaefer, Health & Consumer Directorate General, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
09.50 Enforcement of the legislation in member states
* Transposition of EU legislation into national legislation
* The limits to EU harmonisation and the existene of addtional national legislation
* Council of Europe Resolutions relevant to plastic food contact materials
* Official controls by member states
* The European Commission's Food and Veterinary Office and Joint Research Centre
* Current issues of concern
Dr. Bernard Hegarty, Director of Service Contracts, FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND
10.20 Update on national food contact legislation
* Ongoing discussions at national level: Netherlands, France, Spain & Belgium
Rachida Semail, Partner, KELLER AND HECKMAN
10.50 Questions and answers
11.05 Break
11.35 FACET Project update
* Importance of FACET
* Aim of the project
* The core of FACET
* What has been achieved so far
Claude Dequatre, INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS, Member of the PLASTICS EUROPE TEPPFA WORKING GROUP, Chairman of the Modelling Task Force
12.05 Food contact compliance management tools
* Risk assessment and compliance management strategies
* Food contact materials compliance database
* Communication with customers and suppliers - the food contact master file
Dr. Rainer Brandsch, Managing Director, MDCTEC SYSTEMS GMBH
12.35 Questions and answers
12.50 Lunch
14.00 Overall and specific migration testing
* Meeting the needs of the authorities and clients
* Are calculations or mathematical modelling the way forward?
* Defining worst case migration
* Do migration prediction tools work?
* Self-assessment: legal or not legal
* Protocol designs to meet FDA and EFSA: possible or impossible
* Is there a world harmonisation for migration?
David Eaves, Regulatory Consultant, INTERTEK
14.30 Permeation measurement options
* Overview: Permeation
* Methods of measurement
* Rapid analysis for packages
Andy Hazelwood, Sales Manager, SYSTECH INSTRUMENTS LTD
15.00 Questions and answers
15.15 Break
15.45 Nanotechnology for food contact materials
* The uses of nanotechnology in the food contact industry
* Definitions and working specifications of nanomaterials
> who sets them and what is their purpose?
* Status quo and outlook: The evolving landscape of nano-specific regulations
* 'Nano-inside': Nanomaterials in food packaging?
Dr. Steffi Friedrichs, Director General, NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (BELGIUM)
16.15 Engineered nanomaterials in food contact applications - the regulatory landscape
* Application possibilities for nanomaterials in food contact
* Existing regulatory requirements - a general safety net
* Further challenges - the way to 'engineered' clearances
Dr. Anna Gergely, Director, EHS Regulatory, STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
16.45 Questions and answers
17.00Close of day one
17.00 Drinks reception for all attendees
Thursday 17 June 2010
08.30 Refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Compliance with FDA food contact regulations
Dr. Naeem Mady, Vice President Regulatory Services, INTERTEK EXPERT SERVICES
09.45 To petition or not to petition, that is the question
* Dealing with active and intelligent food contact materials
* Distinction between improved barriers and active packaging (Regulation 450/2009)
* The petitioning process
Dr. Rob Veraart, Staff Scientist, KELLER AND HECKMAN LLP
10.15 The challenge for an appliance maker in understanding and managing food contact compliance and regulation
* Determining products that must comply with food contact regulations
* The challenge of ensuring traceability
* What can suppliers do to further support their brand owner customers
Malte Becker, Environmental & European Affairs, ELECTROLUX MAJOR APPLIANCES EUROPE
10.45 Questions and answers
11.00 Break
11.30 Adhesives in food contact plastics
* Bonding of plastics
* Adhesives for food contact materials
* Conformation for bonded articles with the regulation 1935/2004
Dr. Hermann Onusseit, Technical Director, HENKEL ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGIES
12.00 The role of adhesives in food packaging
* Challenges and results of the EU project - MIGRESIVES
Prof. Dr. Cristina Nerin, Director of the Research Group GUIA, ARAGON INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH: I3A, UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA (SPAIN)
12.30 Modelling migration of substances from adhesives into foods
* Methods to model mass transport from a multi-layer/multi-material packaging into foods
* Estimation of migration from the adhesive of a multi-layer packaging into a real food
Peter Mercea, Senior Research Scientist, FABES GMBH
13.00 Questions and answers
13.15 Lunch
14.30 Materials in contact with drinking water
* A harmonised european legislation: Needs and perspectives
* Statistics on drinking water consumption
* Modelling of migration and exposure
> drinking water versus food
> the selected migration model
> development of a deterministic and stochastic model for migration into drinking water
> examples
> benefits of modelling
> next steps
Claude Dequatre, INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS, Member of the PLASTICS EUROPE TEPPFA WORKING GROUP, Chairman of the Modelling Task Force; and
Peter Mercea, Senior Research Scientist, FABES GMBH
15.00 Glass fibre reinforced plastics in food contact: Regulatory developments
* The current (non-) regulated situation of glass fibres in food contact plastics
* Changes with the PIM
* Risk assessment of glass fibre sizing in food contact
Dr. Karsten Hotzer, Regulatory Affairs Manager, HARLAN LABORATORIES LTD
15.30 Incidents, emergencies, crises: How do you manage?
* Overview/definition of crisis
* Case studes of what has worked well
* Case studies of what has not worked
* Overview of best practice
Jeremy Opperer, European Technical Operations Manager, INTERTEK
16.00 Questions and answer
16.15 Chairman's closing remarks
16.20 Close of conference
(We reserve the right to cancel or alter the programme)
(programme updated 7 April)
Wednesday 16 June 2010
08.00 Registration and refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Update on EU food contact materials legislation
* Plastic implementing measure - content and implications
* Active and intelligent materials- rules and application for authorisation
* Outlook for the next years
Annette Schaefer, Health & Consumer Directorate General, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
09.50 Enforcement of the legislation in member states
* Transposition of EU legislation into national legislation
* The limits to EU harmonisation and the existene of addtional national legislation
* Council of Europe Resolutions relevant to plastic food contact materials
* Official controls by member states
* The European Commission's Food and Veterinary Office and Joint Research Centre
* Current issues of concern
Dr. Bernard Hegarty, Director of Service Contracts, FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND
10.20 Update on national food contact legislation
* Ongoing discussions at national level: Netherlands, France, Spain & Belgium
Rachida Semail, Partner, KELLER AND HECKMAN
10.50 Questions and answers
11.05 Break
11.35 FACET Project update
* Importance of FACET
* Aim of the project
* The core of FACET
* What has been achieved so far
Claude Dequatre, INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS, Member of the PLASTICS EUROPE TEPPFA WORKING GROUP, Chairman of the Modelling Task Force
12.05 Food contact compliance management tools
* Risk assessment and compliance management strategies
* Food contact materials compliance database
* Communication with customers and suppliers - the food contact master file
Dr. Rainer Brandsch, Managing Director, MDCTEC SYSTEMS GMBH
12.35 Questions and answers
12.50 Lunch
14.00 Overall and specific migration testing
* Meeting the needs of the authorities and clients
* Are calculations or mathematical modelling the way forward?
* Defining worst case migration
* Do migration prediction tools work?
* Self-assessment: legal or not legal
* Protocol designs to meet FDA and EFSA: possible or impossible
* Is there a world harmonisation for migration?
David Eaves, Regulatory Consultant, INTERTEK
14.30 Permeation measurement options
* Overview: Permeation
* Methods of measurement
* Rapid analysis for packages
Andy Hazelwood, Sales Manager, SYSTECH INSTRUMENTS LTD
15.00 Questions and answers
15.15 Break
15.45 Nanotechnology for food contact materials
* The uses of nanotechnology in the food contact industry
* Definitions and working specifications of nanomaterials
> who sets them and what is their purpose?
* Status quo and outlook: The evolving landscape of nano-specific regulations
* 'Nano-inside': Nanomaterials in food packaging?
Dr. Steffi Friedrichs, Director General, NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (BELGIUM)
16.15 Engineered nanomaterials in food contact applications - the regulatory landscape
* Application possibilities for nanomaterials in food contact
* Existing regulatory requirements - a general safety net
* Further challenges - the way to 'engineered' clearances
Dr. Anna Gergely, Director, EHS Regulatory, STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
16.45 Questions and answers
17.00Close of day one
17.00 Drinks reception for all attendees
Thursday 17 June 2010
08.30 Refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Compliance with FDA food contact regulations
Dr. Naeem Mady, Vice President Regulatory Services, INTERTEK EXPERT SERVICES
09.45 To petition or not to petition, that is the question
* Dealing with active and intelligent food contact materials
* Distinction between improved barriers and active packaging (Regulation 450/2009)
* The petitioning process
Dr. Rob Veraart, Staff Scientist, KELLER AND HECKMAN LLP
10.15 The challenge for an appliance maker in understanding and managing food contact compliance and regulation
* Determining products that must comply with food contact regulations
* The challenge of ensuring traceability
* What can suppliers do to further support their brand owner customers
Malte Becker, Environmental & European Affairs, ELECTROLUX MAJOR APPLIANCES EUROPE
10.45 Questions and answers
11.00 Break
11.30 Adhesives in food contact plastics
* Bonding of plastics
* Adhesives for food contact materials
* Conformation for bonded articles with the regulation 1935/2004
Dr. Hermann Onusseit, Technical Director, HENKEL ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGIES
12.00 The role of adhesives in food packaging
* Challenges and results of the EU project - MIGRESIVES
Prof. Dr. Cristina Nerin, Director of the Research Group GUIA, ARAGON INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH: I3A, UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA (SPAIN)
12.30 Modelling migration of substances from adhesives into foods
* Methods to model mass transport from a multi-layer/multi-material packaging into foods
* Estimation of migration from the adhesive of a multi-layer packaging into a real food
Peter Mercea, Senior Research Scientist, FABES GMBH
13.00 Questions and answers
13.15 Lunch
14.30 Materials in contact with drinking water
* A harmonised european legislation: Needs and perspectives
* Statistics on drinking water consumption
* Modelling of migration and exposure
> drinking water versus food
> the selected migration model
> development of a deterministic and stochastic model for migration into drinking water
> examples
> benefits of modelling
> next steps
Claude Dequatre, INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS, Member of the PLASTICS EUROPE TEPPFA WORKING GROUP, Chairman of the Modelling Task Force; and
Peter Mercea, Senior Research Scientist, FABES GMBH
15.00 Glass fibre reinforced plastics in food contact: Regulatory developments
* The current (non-) regulated situation of glass fibres in food contact plastics
* Changes with the PIM
* Risk assessment of glass fibre sizing in food contact
Dr. Karsten Hotzer, Regulatory Affairs Manager, HARLAN LABORATORIES LTD
15.30 Incidents, emergencies, crises: How do you manage?
* Overview/definition of crisis
* Case studes of what has worked well
* Case studies of what has not worked
* Overview of best practice
Jeremy Opperer, European Technical Operations Manager, INTERTEK
16.00 Questions and answer
16.15 Chairman's closing remarks
16.20 Close of conference
(We reserve the right to cancel or alter the programme)