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EC kicks off food contact material revision: ‘Public health has been inadequately protected from toxic chemicals for too long’
By Katy Askew
The European Commission has initiated a process to update EU laws governing chemicals in food contact materials (FCM). “The EU’s FCM laws are outdated and ineffective in protecting people and the environment,” according to one lobby group.
Almost everything we eat has touched one or more food contact material (FCM), from food packaging and factory equipment to kitchen utensils.
EU rules on FCMs state that they should be ‘sufficiently inert’ so that their constituents neither adversely affect consumer health nor influence the quality of the food. ....

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