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
Dr Thomas Gude – Chair | Swiss Quality Testing Services | Department Head | CH |
Prof. Thomas Simat – Co-Chair | Technical University of Dresden | Professor | DE |
Dr Neil Buck | General Mills | Corporate Toxicologist | CH |
Dr Sigrid Gerold | Mayr-Melnhof Karton | Food Contact Specialist | AT |
Mr Sami Hamdi | Mondelēz International | Senior Associate Principal Scientist | UK |
Dr Charlène Lacourt | Danone Nutricia Research | Toxicologist-Risk Assessor | FR |
Dr Christina Northfleet | Omya International | Head of Group Regulatory Affairs | CH |
Dr Peter OIdring | Sherwin Williams | Regulatory Affairs Manager | UK |
Dr Gabriele Pieper | Tetra Pak | Managing Director | DE |
Ms Susanne Rueckert | Südzucker Group | Manager Product Safety | DE |
Mr Charles Turner | PPG Industries | Global Technical Director Packaging Coatings | UK |
Mr Peter van Herwijnen | Dow Europe | Regulatory Affairs Manager | DE |
Dr Si Wang | PepsiCo International | Senior Scientist in Scientific Affairs | UK |
Dr 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
- Ongoing -
Best practices in identifying and quantifying unknown migrants from food contact materials (FCMs)
An expert group on best practices in identifying and quantifying unknown migrants from food contact materials (FCMs) aims to provide best practices to identify and quantify unknown migrants from FCMs, with widely differing characteristics and applicable to any type of single use FCMs. The objective is to determine whether a set of basic golden rules could align procedures.
- Upcoming -
New activity on Sustainable packaging in an early stage of development.
8th International Symposium on Food Packaging in Spring 2025.
Expert Groups
Best practices in identifying and quantifying unknown migrants from food contact materials (FCMs)
Background and Objectives
The NIAS (Non-Intentionally Added Substances) are present in all Food Contact Materials. However, there is no common methodology on how to perform the sample preparation, analysis, or on how to identify and more importantly quantify the migrants.
This activity aims to provide best practices to identify and quantify unknown migrants from FCMs, with widely differing characteristics and applicable to any type of single use FCM. The objective is to determine whether a set of basic golden rules could align procedures.
Output
This activity will result in a recommendation document that will determine potential best practices to align methods available for untargeted screening and future testing.
The expert group will produce one peer-reviewed publication with the state-of-the-art of analytical techniques for NIAS identification and quantification as well as a practical guidance with “do’s and don’ts“ in NIAS analysis.
Expert Group Members
Dr Peter Oldring - Chair | Sherwin Williams | Regulatory Affairs Manager | UK |
Prof. Cristina Nerín – Vice-Chair | University of Zaragoza | Professor | ES |
Dr Birgit Faust | Dow Europe | Analytical Specialist | DE |
Dr Thomas Gude | Swiss Quality Testing Services | Department Head | CH |
Ms Céline Lesueur | Danone Nutricia Research | Food Safety and Analytical Governance Manager | FR |
Prof. Thomas Simat | Technical University of Dresden | Professor | DE |
Dr Angela Stoermer | Fraunhofer IVV | Senior Scientist | DE |
Dr Els Van Hoeck | Sciensano | Head Of Unit - Consumer Safety | BE |
Dr Konrad Korzeniowski | ILSI Europe | Scientific Project Manager | BE |
Publications
White Papers/Reports
Packaging Materials 9: Multilayer Packaging for Food and Beverages
2011
Guidance for Exposure Assessment of Substances Migrating From Food Packaging Materials
2007
Report of an ILSI Europe Expert Group. Commissioned by the ILSI Europe Packaging Materials Task Force.
Packaging Materials 7: Metal Packaging for Foodstuffs
2007
The present report is the seventh in the report series on food packaging materials, which was commissioned by the ILSI Europe Packaging Materials Task Force.
Packaging Materials 5: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) for Food Packaging Applications
2003
ILSI Europe Report Series.
Packaging Materials 2: Polystyrene for Food Packaging Applications
2002
ILSI Europe Report Series.
Multimedia
Completed Expert Groups
Overview of completed activities since 2021
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7th International Symposium on Food Packaging
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Mineral Oil Risk Assessment: Knowledge Gaps and Roadmap (collaboration with Food Contaminants Task Force)
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Roles and Applications of in Vitro Bioassays in Safety Evaluation of Food Contact Materials