Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact
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Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

MUNCKE, Jane, Thomas BACKHAUS, Birgit GEUEKE, Maricel V. MAFFINI, Olwenn Viviane MARTIN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

Authors

MUNCKE, Jane (756 Switzerland), Thomas BACKHAUS (752 Sweden), Birgit GEUEKE (756 Switzerland), Maricel V. MAFFINI (840 United States of America), Olwenn Viviane MARTIN (840 United States of America), John Peterson MYERS (840 United States of America), Ana M. SOTO (840 United States of America), Leonardo TRASANDE (840 United States of America), Xenia TRIER (208 Denmark) and Martin SCHERINGER (756 Switzerland, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2017, 0091-6765

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 8.440

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00114995

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP644

UT WoS

000413792800008

Keywords in English

ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; MASS-SPECTROMETRY; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCES; EXPOSURE; MIGRATION; QUANTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; THRESHOLD

Abstract

V originále

BACKGROUND: Food contact articles (FCAs) are manufactured from food contact materials (FCMs) that include plastics, paper, metal, glass, and printing inks. Chemicals can migrate from FCAs into food during storage, processing, and transportation. Food contact materials' safety is evaluated using chemical risk assessment (RA). Several challenges to the RA of FCAs exist. OBJECTIVES: We review regulatory requirements for RA of FCMs in the United States and Europe, identify gaps in RA, and highlight opportunities for improving the protection of public health. We intend to initiate a discussion in the wider scientific community to enhance the safety of food contact articles. DISCUSSION: Based on our evaluation of the evidence, we conclude that current regulations are insufficient for addressing chemical exposures from FCAs. RA currently focuses on monomers and additives used in the manufacture of products, but it does not cover all substances formed in the production processes. Several factors hamper effective RA for many FCMs, including a lack of information on chemical identity, inadequate assessment of hazardous properties, and missing exposure data. Companies make decisions about the safety of some food contact chemicals (FCCS) without review by public authorities. Some chemical migration limits cannot he enforced because analytical standards arc unavailable. CONCLUSION: We think that exposures to hazardous substances migrating from FCAs require more attention. We recommend a) limiting the number and types of chemicals authorized for manufacture and b) developing novel approaches for assessing the safety of chemicals in FCAs, including unidentified chemicals that form during or after production.

Citovat

MUNCKE, Jane, Thomas BACKHAUS, Birgit GEUEKE, Maricel V. MAFFINI, Olwenn Viviane MARTIN, John Peterson MYERS, Ana M. SOTO, Leonardo TRASANDE, Xenia TRIER and Martin SCHERINGER. Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2017, vol. 125, No 9, p. "095001-1"-"095001-9", 9 pp. ISSN 0091-6765. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP644.

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MUNCKE, Jane, Thomas BACKHAUS, Birgit GEUEKE, Maricel V. MAFFINI, Olwenn Viviane MARTIN, John Peterson MYERS, Ana M. SOTO, Leonardo TRASANDE, Xenia TRIER and Martin SCHERINGER. Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials. \textit{ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES}. Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2017, vol.~125, No~9, p.~''095001-1''-''095001-9'', 9 pp. ISSN~0091-6765. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP644.

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