MIGRESIVES: A RESEARCH PROJECT ON MIGRATION FROM ADHESIVES IN FOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN LEGISLATION AND STANDARDISATION
Résumé
Most food packages and food contact materials are manufactured using adhesives. The EU regulates all food contact materials, as their constituents may not contaminate food and endanger consumer's health. In contrary to plastics which are regulated by positive lists of authorised ingredients, adhesives have not yet a specific regulation. The MIGRESIVES project wants to elaborate a scientific global risk assessment approach to meet current general EU regulatory requirements and as a basis for future specific EU legislation as well as to provide the industry, especially small and medium sized enterprises, a tool to ensure that migration from adhesives is in compliance with the regulatory requirements. The idea is to demonstrate that consumer's exposure to chemicals released by adhesives is in many cases below levels of concern. Technical/scientific knowledge from industry and research institutes will be merged into a collective research endeavour gathering all stakeholders. The major milestones are (i) classification of adhesives according to chemistry and uses, (ii) test strategies based on physico-chemical behaviour of adhesives, (iii) modelling migration/exposure from adhesives, (iv) providing guidelines to integrate the risk assessment approach into the daily life of companies, (v) feasibility of appling the toxicological approach from EU BIOSAFEPAPER project and (vi) extensive training/education to SMEs and large dissemination for general adoption of the concept in Europe.
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