Market-Leading Food Contact Conference, Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs, Takes Place This December in Berlin

BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Over 200 experts from across the food contact industry will come
together in Berlin, Germany from 4 – 7 December 2017 to attend Smithers
Pira’s Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs (P&P) –http://www.food-contact.com/plastics-paper.

With the European Commission having recently published EU regulation
752/2017 amending EU Regulation 10/2011 on plastic materials and
articles intended for food contact, all areas of the food contact supply
chain need to be aware of the new changes in legislation, especially
when dealing with goods to be exported within various countries in the
EU.

Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs will provide an in-depth
and timely overview of the latest EU legislation as well as a small
focus on global regulations. Described as “The most important event
in Europe on Food Contact Regulations” by Dario Dainelli at SIT
Group, Italy, the conference provides delegates with a unique
opportunity to stay ahead of the latest regulations in food contact,
network with like-minded professionals and discover best practice in the
industry. Companies speaking at the event will include BASF, Nestlé
Nespresso S.A., SABIC, The Valspar Corporation, Metsä Board, CEPI
and more.

Attendees to the conference comprise of industry leaders and legislators
from across the food contact supply chain such as regulatory affairs
professionals, chemical manufacturers, material suppliers, brand owners
and R&D scientists developing new chemicals for food contact
applications.

Focusing on both, plastics and paper in contact with foodstuffs, the
conference will be split into separate tracks across the three days,
with the first two days dedicated to plastics and non-harmonised FCMs
and the final day looking at the paper sector.

Plastics presentations include:

• A view from a complex food industry case: food, packaging and
  coffee machines, Carlos de la Cruz Garcia, Nestlé Nespresso S.A.
• Adhesives for food contact applications – different approaches for
  risk evaluation, Alexandra Ross, FEICA Association
• PET bottles: Accelerated migration testing at 10 d / 60 °C versus
  the ‘real’ situation at end of shelf-life, Diana Kemmer,
  Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV

Paper presentations include:

• P&P VIS (Pulp & Paper – Value Chain Information System),
  Vogt Sabine, BASF SE
• Creating value added by managing food safety across different
  businesses covering the whole supply chain, Kristiina Veitola,
  Stora Enso Oyj, Division Packaging Solutions

Delegates to the conference will also be able to book themselves onto a
thought-provoking, expert led pre-conference workshop organised by 3E
Company, taking place on Monday 4th December, which will cover food
contact and additives regulations in China.

For more information on Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs
visit http://www.food-contact.com/plastics-paper

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are still available. For more
information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please
contact Stephen Frier on +44 (0)1372 802006 or email sfrier@smithers.com.

About Smithers Pira

Smithers Pira is the worldwide authority on the packaging, paper and
print industry supply chains. They provide world-leading expertise and
market intelligence, and offer a range of testing services supported by
comprehensive facilities in the UK and US. With over 80 years’ technical
and scientific experience Smithers Pira helps clients around the world
with their business and testing requirements.

– Ends –

Contacts

For further information please contact:
Smithers Pira
Joanna
Gibson
jgibson[at]smithers[dot]com
+44(0)1372-802037