One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 20 March 2019

One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 1 March 2018

A New Training Event from Chemical Watch

Food Contact Regulations

Training Course

About the event: Who should attend

This new one-day training course has been designed to offer you an This training course is designed for:
understanding of the compliance requirements for global food contact materials.
• Packaging Product Designers
Providing expert guidance to companies who supply food contact materials,
• Product Development
so your products maintain compliant with current food contact regulations
Technologists
and remaining in the market. Plus, the risk assessment process required to
achieve compliance. • Food Scientists and
Technologists
Food contact regulatory requirements around the world are complex with • Technical Service Managers
different regions requiring their own notifications (US, EU, China, So. America, etc) • Food Processing Engineers
for new food contact substances as well as compliance specifications for
food contact materials. • Purchasing and procurement
personnel
Specific areas covered include: • Newcomers to industry looking
to quickly gain an understanding
• Compliance approach for assessing polymer material including plastic, of key food contact legislation.
silicones, coatings, rubber • Anyone needing to refresh
• Cross comparison between EU, FDA, Mercosur and China their knowledge and gain an
understanding of how changes
• EN1186 overall migration testing according to the test conditions specified
in the regulations will impact
in Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles
their business.
intended to come into contact with food
• People in various sectors
• EN13130 specific migration testing according to the test conditions specified
(manufacture, packaging,
in Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles
retailing and catering etc.)
intended to come into contact with food
of products based on
• Regulation (EU) 10/2011 and article 3 in Commission Regulation (EC) No polymeric materials(plastics,
1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food rubbers, resin etc).
• China GB 4806 & GB 31604 series of tests • All stakeholders who need
• Testing performed against United States FDA 21 CFR and Preparation of to understand the practical
Food Contact Notifications testing protocols implications of the regulation
for their business will also
• Usage of recycled materials benefit from this course.

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One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 20 March 2019

One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 1 March 2018

Day one – Wednesday 20 March 2019 13:30 Application of Food Contact Regulations in
EU to Specific Products and Future Trends
in Food Contact Materials
08:45 Registration
The principal classes of food contact
09:00 Short Introduction to Polymer Science and products will be targeted:
the factors that affect migration into food • Plastics
• Overview of polymer materials • Rubbers
• Origin of migrants from polymer products • Inks/Coatings
• Mechanisms that influence the migratory • Silicone based products
behaviour of polymers
• Nanotechnology
• Correlation with global compliance
approach, how polymers are regulated • New Additives
worldwide (EU, FDA, Mercosur 14:30 Refreshments
and China)
14:45 Use of Recycled Materials for Food
10:30 Refreshments Contact Products
10:45 Assessing the Safety of Food Contact • Plastics
Materials • Paper and Board
• Overall migration tests • Status of other materials,
• Specific migration tests e.g. rubber, glass
• Analytical approaches in FDA and GB Recap
Standard
16:30 Questions and close
• Computer modelling of migration
12:30 Lunch

Expert Trainer:

Sarah Saminadin Peter

Manager, Strategic Development, Food Contact EMEA
Health, Environmental & Regulatory Services (HERS)

Sarah Saminadin-Peter is a Regulatory Affairs Expert who started a career as a

researcher in Biological Chemistry and System Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Graduated from the Ludwig Maximillian University (LMU) of Munich, in her researches,
she developed analytical methods to performed high-throughput 3D imagining and to
target impact of changes that occur in the non-coding DNA.
She moved career path 5 years ago to become a regulatory affair for food contact
materials and materials in contact with drinking water. She is currently assisting clients
on worldwide strategic regulatory compliance and organizing regulatory training.
She is now the Manager for Strategic Development of Food Contact for EMEA region
at Intertek Health Environment Regulatory Services based in Germany.

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One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 20 March 2019

One-Day Training workshop | Brussels, 1 March 2018

Prices Venue

CW subscribers – €850 (+VAT) Brussels

Non subscribers – €950 (+VAT)

CW Subscriber Early bird price - if booked before – €750 (+VAT)

1 February 2019
Early bird price - if booked before 1 February 2019 – €850 (+VAT)

Payment options:
• Payment must be made before the event starts.

Three ways to register Event times

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