2. Potential risks associated with neoformed compounds
The composition of materials in contact with foodstuffs is now well regulated. However, most of the health scares that have occurred in recent years concerning food packaging are linked to the presence in foodstuffs of unauthorized substances (so-called "neoformed" compounds), which are reaction or degradation products of constituents used in the manufacture of materials (technological adjuvants, adhesives, etc.), printing inks and varnishes.
Neoformed compounds, which have been in the news for packaging professionals for some years now, remain difficult to control (technically) and to regulate (legally). In Europe, the notion of neo-formed compounds does not appear explicitly in the various regulatory texts.
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Regulations
Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Official Journal of the European Union, 13.11.2004).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 of November 18, 2005 on the use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Official...
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