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Mar 9, 2010:EFSA to Review Safety of Non-plastic Food Contact Materials
Mar 9, 2010:China Finalizes Procedures for "Grandfathering" Food-Contact Substances
Feb 18, 2010:Proposed Bill Would Establish FDA Nanotechnology Risk Assessment Program
Feb 18, 2010:More California Jurisdictions Ban Polystyrene Takeout Containers Despite Costs
Feb 18, 2010:City Must Determine Environmental Impact Before Banning Plastic Bags, Court Rules
Jan 28, 2010:Vermont Proposes Law to Mandate Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging
Jan 21, 2010:FDA to Increase Oversight of BPA, Cites "Some Concern" Over Possible Health Effects
Jan 21, 2010:California Appeals Court Rules FMIA Preempts Proposition 65
Jan 14, 2010:Michael Taylor Named FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods
Jan 12, 2010:EU's Positive List of Food-Contact Plastic Additives Now in Effect
Jan 7, 2010:Maryland Insurance Commissioner Named New FDA Chief Counsel
Jan 5, 2010:California's Toxics in Packaging Exemptions Expire This Month
Dec 22, 2009:Applications for Food Contact Plastic Recycling Processes in EU Due This Month
Dec 15, 2009:India Proposes New Rules on Plastic Containers with Far-Reaching Implications
Nov 24, 2009:Legislation to Ban BPA in Children's Product Would Require Testing by Plastic Suppliers
Nov 17, 2009:Dutch Propose Revised National Positive List to Harmonize with EU's Plastics Directive
Nov 17, 2009:FDA's Mark Hepp Reviews 10 years of FCN Program at Keller & Heckman Seminar
Oct 29, 2009:Experts Disagree on Implementation of California's Green Chemistry Initiative
Oct 15, 2009:Institute of Medicine to Study FDA's Premarket Notification Program for Medical Devices
Sep 22, 2009:California Science Panel Declines to List BPA on Proposition 65

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