Safety Assessment of Food Packaging and Other Food Contact Substances
Chair: Charles Barton, PhD, DABT, Valspar Corporation, Sewickley, PA
Co-chair: Jason Aungst, PhD, US FDA, College Park, MD
A large majority of the public thinks of food safety primarily in terms of either the food or food additives shown on the labels in which they are packaged. However, materials that come in contact with food are also subject to regulation as food additives because the components of these packaging and contact materials may migrate into the food. As the distribution and product protection of food has expanded over a period of decades, highly engineered packaging has evolved to protect foods from contamination and spoilage. In this colloquium, we will focus on the various types of packaging (e.g., coatings, plastics/polymer), manufacturing processes, and safety and exposure assessments.
The first presentation will focus on the regulatory science framework for assessing the safety of food packaging materials and how it is evolving. The second presentation will focus on the materials in key packaging types, such as the plastics and polymers used in bottles, and how they are made and processed. The third presentation will discuss safety considerations and communication. The fourth presentation will focus on migration estimates, i.e., the transfer of chemicals from packaging to the food and estimating dietary exposure. The fifth presentation will discuss the latest innovations and materials used in food packaging.
8:00 AM-8:30 AMBadge Pick Up at Meeting Desk
8:30 AM-8:45 AM Welcome from FDA
Michael Adams, US FDA, College Park, MD
Welcome from SOT
Peter L. Goering, SOT Past President, US FDA, Silver Spring, MD
Speaker Introductions
Charles Barton, Valspar Corporation, Sewickley, PA
8:45 AM-9:15 AMOverview of Regulatory Science of Food Contact Substances
Michael Adams, US FDA, College Park, MD
9:15 AM-9:50 AMOverview of Key Food Packaging
Steve Hentges, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC
9:50 AM-10:30 AMCan Coatings, Primer, and Safety Assessment: Communicating Evidence
of Absence
Mark Maier, Sheperian Toxicology, Albuquerque, NM
10:30 AM-10:45 AMBreak
10:45 AM-11:25 AMMigration and Exposure Considerations
Jessica Cooper, US FDA, College Park, MD
11:25 AM-12:05 PMPackaging Innovations to Improve Food Safety
Maria Rubino, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
12:05 PM-1:00 PMRoundtable Discussion
Charles Barton, Valspar Corporation, Moderator
All speakers, plus
Gina Solomon, California EPA
Mark Feeley, Health Canada (invited)
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