On October 15, 2020, the Chinese National Food Safety Standards Review Committee published four standards related to food contact materials. These drafts will be open for public discussion until November 30, 2020. Below, we describe the most relevant details: Composite materials and…
Completion of the workshop on legislation applicable to food packaging and its implications for food safety
During the 29th of November and the 13th of December, the conference “Overview of the legislation applicable to food packaging and implications for food safety” that the Galicia Food Cluster (Clusaga) has organized in collaboration with…
Sigillum Knowledge Solutions and the Galician Food Cluster, CLUSAGA, organize a workshop on the regulatory framework for food packaging
Registrations in: https://www.clusteralimentariodegalicia.org/evento/jornadas-formativas-panorama-de-la-legislacion-aplicable-a-envases-alimentarios-e-implicaciones-en-seguridad-alimentaria,94654483 This is a training workshop articulated in two days that will be held on November 29 and December 13 at the headquarters of Sigillum Knowledge Solutions under the title “Overview of the…
Paper and cardboard food packaging: the risk of inks
Plastic containers are targeted by authorities and consumers for their impact on the environment, which has increased interest in paper and cardboard for use, among others, in food contact materials. However, this type of…
The risk of mislabeling of consumer chemicals
Numerous products that we use in our daily lives such as cleaning products, detergents, candles, air fresheners, etc., contain chemical substances that may pose a health risk, so they are subject to a strict regulation that…
Sigillum Knowledge Solutions highlights the importance of safety in the workshop on packaging organized by CLUSAGA and GAIN
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The European Union intensifies controls on food contact materials
On May 15th, the European Commission launched Recommendation 2019/794 on a coordinated control plan to establish the presence of certain substances that migrate from materials and objects destined to come into contact with food. The plan, which came into…
Argentina advances its commitment to food safety
Argentina plans to amend the Argentine Food Code (CAA) to establish the obligation to obtain a ‘Certificate of Authorization in the Register of Food Containers and Utensils in contact with food’. In this regard, a new…