Food Contact Materials Literature

Published: May 29, 2006, By pffc-online.com

PRESS RELEASE

Over the past decade, Rapra has run several large research programs on behalf of the Food Standards Agency in the UK. Dr Martin Forrest has played a major role in the last two projects, which entailed surveying the food processing industry on the use of rubbers in contact with food and then assessing the safety of materials being used. The results have now been published and a summary can be found in Forrest's new book, Food Contact Rubbers 2—Products, Migration and Regulation, to be published in June 2006 by Smithers Rapra Ltd.

The safety of packaging materials is discussed in another June book release from Rapra, Assessing Food Safety of Polymer Packaging, by Jean-Maurice Vergnaud and Iosif-Daniel Rosca.

In 2007, Rapra is going to exploit its expert knowledge base by organising a conference in Brussels February 21-22 on food contact polymers. This will look at food-approved grades of materials, legislation, and testing. All offers of papers should be submitted by September, 22, 2006.

For more information, visit rapra.net.