CI Food Webinar Series: Jane Muncke, Managing Director & Chief Scientific Officer at Food Packaging Forum
Chemical Migration from Food Contact Articles: Scientific Challenges, Current Issues and Opportunities for Next-Generation Innovations
Jane Muncke, PhD
Dr. Jane Muncke, Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer at Food Packaging Forum, will talk about the scientific challenges in the chemical risk assessment of Food contact articles (FCAs).Furthermore, Dr. Muncke will share her thoughts and ideas for innovation opportunities with a focus on improving public health by reducing harmful chemical exposures from all types of FCAs.
Abstract
Food contact articles (FCAs) touch foods during all stages of production, processing, transport and preparation. FCAs are made of combinations of food contact materials (FCMs) like plastics, paper and board, metals and glass, but also adhesives, printing inks and coatings. During FCM and FCA manufacture, chemical starting substances are transformed into intended substances, but also non-intentionally added substances (NIAS). Safety must be determined for all food contact chemicals (FCCs) that potentially migrate into foods and to which consumers can be exposed. Recently, awareness for the scientific challenges related to the risk assessment of FCCs has increased. In this talk I will share an overview of the scientific challenges in the chemical risk assessment of FCAs. Further, I will highlight specific cases of FCCs and touch upon challenges related to the circular economy and recycling of food packaging. I will share my thoughts and ideas for innovation opportunities with a focus on improving public health by reducing harmful chemical exposures from all types of FCAs.
About the series
The Convergent Innovation Webinar Series will feature cutting edge science, technology and innovation in agriculture, food and health domains as well as in the behavioural, commercial, social and complexity sciences. These, combined with traditions from around the world, will altogether articulate an interdisciplinary research and action strategy to transform agricultural products like pulses from undifferentiated commodities into higher-margin whole and value-added food products that support sustainable development and affordable healthcare. Progressively, programs in the CI-Food webinar series will be developed for other agricultural products with high CI potential, e.g., dairy, fruits, vegetables, and others.
