Evaluation of Packaging Safety: View of a Coating Producer - Migrants Characterization using Advanced Analytical Tools


  • Date
    September 26, 2017
  • Time
    7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST - Duration: 60 Minutes

Date : September 26, 2017
Time : 7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST - Duration: 60 Minutes
  • Overview

    Canned food has many advantages, among them the decrease of food waste, protection against microbiological contamination, longer shelf life, as well as removing the need to preserve additives. This requires high performance coatings on the internal (food contact) side of the cans, to protect the food from the metal and the metal from aggressive foodstuffs to ensure that its nutritional quality and taste are preserved throughout the product shelf life. After decades of using Bisphenol A based epoxy coatings, the metal packaging industry has moved to develop new non-BPA coating technologies and new methods to assess their safety beyond regulatory requirements.

    In the absence of harmonized regulations for can coatings in Europe, other than the framework regulation 1935/2004 and facing this challenge, industry has had to think out of the box. In the U.S, can coatings are regulated by FDA, but in Europe only national legislation applies except for a few substance specific measures.

    In this webinar, the view of a coating producer will be presented, from the conception of a new coating to the extensive amount of chemical information generated to approve a new substance, conduct its risk assessment, and implement appropriate risk management.

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  • Speakers

    Sarah Dubail,
    Senior Regulatory Analyst - EMEAI,
    The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Alexandra Taylor,
    Associate Editor,
    C&EN