Scientifically addressing the main challenges in the safety and quality of food contact materials
Task Force Information
Objectives
For more than 30 years, the Task Force has strived to understand the challenges to ensure safe food contact materials for food consumption by:
- Evaluating food contact materials safety and their interactions with food to ensure consumers’ safety at minimal environmental impact.
- Addressing recent improvements in food production and distribution, leading to an increased sophistication of food packaging.
Task Force Members
Thomas Gude | Swiss Quality Testing Services | Department Head | CH |
Christina Nerin* | University of Zaragoza | Full Professor | ES |
Christian Kirchnawy* | Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology | Team Leader | AT |
Neil Buck | General Mills | Corporate Toxicologist | CH |
Sigrid Gerold | Mayr-Melnhof Karton | Food Contact Specialist | AT |
Sami Hamdi | Mondelēz International | Senior Associate Principal Scientist | UK |
Charlène Lacourt - Chair | Danone Nutricia Research | Toxicologist-Risk Assessor | FR |
Bastian Knaup | Tetra Pak | Manager Advanced Analytics and Chemical Safety | DE |
Peter OIdring | Sherwin Williams | Regulatory Affairs Manager | UK |
Susanne Kunda | Südzucker Group | Manager Product Safety | DE |
Laurence Gijs | Dow Europe | EHS&S Regulatory Compliance Manager | DE |
Si Wang | PepsiCo International | Senior Scientist in Scientific Affairs | UK |
Konrad Korzeniowski | ILSI Europe | Scientific Project Manager | BE |
* Scientific Advisors
Contact Information
For more detailed information, please contact Konrad Korzeniowski at kkorzeniowski@ilsieurope.be
Activity Overview
In the pipeline
- Risk assessment and management of potential migrants
An Expert Group will review existing approaches for risk assessment and management of Food Contac Materials (IAS and NIAS) and identify similarities and differences between materials categories (e.g. plastics vs paper or metals) and geographic areas (e.g. EU, US, China, etc.) before recommending the most appropriate approaches to use, particularly for non harmonised food contact materials.
- Sustainable packaging
More information to come soon...
Expert Groups
Coming soon...
Publications
All Publications
Packaging Materials 1: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) for Food Packaging Applications. Updated version
ILSI Europe Report Series, 2017
Packaging Materials 2: Polystyrene for Food Packaging Applications. Updated version.
ILSI Europe Report Series, 2017
Commissioned by the Packaging Materials Task Force.
Food Packaging: Scientific Developments Supporting Safety and Innovation
2017
Food Additives and Contaminants: Part A. 2017; 34(10):1661-1830 (Proceedings). Commissioned by the Packaging Materials Task Force.
Outlook and Challenges of Nanotechnologies for Food Packaging
2016
Packaging Technology and Science. 2016;29(12): 615-648. Commissioned by the Packaging Materials Task Force.
Guidance on Best Practices on the Risk Assessment of Non Intentionally Added Substances (NIAS) in Food Contact Materials and Articles
ILSI Europe Report Series, 2015