Chemicals in food contact materials

How do you manage the risks of chemicals in your food contact materials?

Monitor every regulatory development affecting food contact materials

The packaging of food is crucial to its safe and effective delivery from farm and factory to fork. But the food contact materials (FCM) used and their composition have, in recent years, become an increasing source of concern, not least because products such as cookware and food packaging can contain types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).

These concerns have led to a flurry of regulatory action, much of it piecemeal and some overarching. At Enhesa Product Intelligence, we have extensive experience in monitoring FCM regulatory developments across jurisdictions, keeping product safety and compliance professionals up to date.

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Recent news coverage of food contact materials (membership required)

Regulatory content and sustainability intelligence

US FDA proposes method to prioritise food chemicals for post-market review

18 June 2025 | Draft tool would ‘rank’ chemicals using criteria focused on public health and concern

Regulatory content and sustainability intelligence

European Commission gives provisional green light to 40 plastic recycling processes

16 June 2025 | PACKAGING PLUS: Approval would allow materials to be used as FCMs

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India proposes minimum recycled content requirements for plastic FCMs

11 June 2025 | Targets to increase progressively over four years

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