As noted previously in PackagingLaw.com, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a joint body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), published a request for information through the publication of a Circular Letter (CL 2024/20-CAC), in March of this year, as it considers whether to develop guidance on the
This episode of Food & Chemicals Unpacked provides an update on recent activity involving the use of food additive titanium dioxide (TiO2). It includes a brief background on the use of TiO2 followed by the recent inquiries into the safety of TiO2 in France and Europe, and a recent statement by FDA confirming the safety of the food additive.
On May 1, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB 24-081, “Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Protection Act.” The Act expands on HB 22-1345 by including a ban on int
A recently introduced bill in the California legislature, AB 3004, would require parties filing notices of violation under Proposition 65 to provide additional information in their certificates of merit.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added four new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) that establishes the first-ever per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) drinking water standards.
Cookware and cosmetics with intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—along with a number of other categories of products with intentionally added PFAS—will be banned in the state of Maine effective January 1, 2026, following the passage of LD 1537 (“An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to the Prevention of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution”) on April 16, 2024.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has withdrawn the proposed rulemaking to update the No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for ethylene oxide. In April 2023, OEHHA had proposed lowering the "No Significant Risk Level" (NSRL) from ethylene oxide from 2 to 0.058 micrograms (µg) per day for the inhalation route and 1.5 µg/day via the oral route under the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (also known as Proposition 65).
New information published by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on the types of products that will be subject to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) prohibitions beginning in January 2025 includes an explanation of the items considered “cookware.” Cookware is one of the initial 11 products subject to the state’s ban of products containing intentionally added PFAS under Minn. Stat. § 116.943, better known as Amara’s Law.