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Smithers Pira training courses: Get regulatory guidance and training from industry experts. Find out more >>
- Learn about food contact regulations in Europe and the US
- Find out how to comply
- Understand the regulations for a variety of different materials
- See what to expect in the future and how to stay compliant
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Upcoming food contact events
>> Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs 2012 - Europe's leading food contact forum
P&P 2012 will take place on 11-14 December at the NH Vienna Danube City, Vienna, Austria. Registration is now open, book early to make great savings! Click here to register >>
Production will begin next month, please contact Conference Producer, Hayley Marsden, for more information on speaking at this event
Past food contact events
>> Global Food Contact 2012 - the only GLOBAL food contact forum
Global Food Contact 2012 took place last week in Baltimore, USA and was a resounding success! Over 110 delegates came together to discuss pressing food contact issues and were provided with global perspectives on food contact regulation from leading industry experts and national legislators from across the world.
The conference was also co-located with another successful conference Extractables and Leachables USA 2012, an inaugural event for 2012, organised by Smithers Rapra.
> Click here for more information about the 2012 events
Featuring presentations from the following companies, Global Food Contact consisted of two full days of interactive presentations, lively discussions and extensive networking opportunities.
Missed out on this market leading event? A full set of proceedings from the conference are available, please contact Heather Adams if you would like to purchase them.
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Key Speakers for Global Food Contact USA 2012
National Institute of Health Sciences
National Institute of Health Sciences
Dr. Motoh Mutsuga is an analytical chemist at the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) Japan for food additives, where he develops instrument and test methods for food contact materials. He received his doctorate in Phytochemistry in 2000 from Nagoya City University. From 2001 he has worked at NIHS, from 2011 as Section Chief.
Research Centre for Plastics Industry
Research Centre for Plastics Industry
He works at Argentina National Institute of Industrial Technology and teaches food packaging at public and private Universities and at the Argentine Packaging Institute. He belongs to the MERCOSUR Food Packaging Group since 1991.
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Dr. Penelope Rice has worked as a toxicology reviewer for the Office of Food Additive Safety in the U.S. FDA for over 10 years and is currently acting as a supervisory toxicologist in the Division of Food Contact Notifications in that office.
National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Ms Zhu Lei works at China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment(CFSA) , previously National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety(NINFS), China CDC. She is responsible for secretariat of food related products sub-committee under Committee on China National Food Safety Standard and food packaging clean-up expert panel. She participated in revision of GB 9685 National standard of additives used in food packaging materials and currently is organizing revision work of commodity safety standards of food packaging materials.
Barry Novak currently holds the position of Quality Manager in General Mills’ Packaging Quality and Regulatory Operations organization where he has been employed the past 12 years. In this role, he manages the relationships between General Mills and its packaging suppliers, focusing on the areas of material quality, regulatory compliance, food safety of packaging materials and the packaging material effect on overall line efficiency.