{"id":1040,"date":"2016-10-17T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euchems.eu\/newsletters\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2016-10-17T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:47:46","slug":"meps-call-for-more-safety-rules-on-materials-in-contact-with-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euchems.eu\/newsletters\/meps-call-for-more-safety-rules-on-materials-in-contact-with-food\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs Call for More Safety Rules on Materials in Contact with Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only four out of 17 EU-listed Food Contact Materials (FCMs) are currently covered by specific safety measures foreseen in existing EU legislation: plastics, ceramics, regenerated cellulose and \u201cactive and intelligent\u201d materials, while others have yet to be fully tested. EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a non-binding resolution. According to the MEPs, given the prevalence of FCMs on the EU market and the risk that they could pose to human health, the EU Commission should prioritise the drawing up of specific EU measures for paper and board, varnishes and coatings, metals and alloys, printing inks and adhesives.<br \/>\n<strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/news-room\/20160930IPR44566\/health-risks-of-materials-in-contact-with-food-tighter-eu-safety-rules-needed\">http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only four out of 17 EU-listed Food Contact Materials (FCMs) are currently covered by specific safety measures foreseen in existing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,29,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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