2025 marked a decisive shift for packaging regulation worldwide. Governments moved beyond high-level commitments and into enforceable rules, tightening controls on chemicals, waste, recycled content and producer responsibility. For packaging companies worldwide, compliance increasingly required a global view, as national…
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) represents a major policy initiative aimed at reducing global deforestation and forest degradation linked to products placed on or exported from the EU market. Recognizing the scale of change required and the practical challenges…
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190 introduces significant restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials (FCMs), with direct implications for packaging manufacturers and their supply chains. To support consistent implementation, the European Commission has issued detailed clarifications…
The Netherlands has updated its Commodities Act on food-contact materials, issuing an amendment on 26 November 2025. The changes apply retroactively from 1 July 2025 and introduce new migration limits for metals, revised rules for coatings and an updated reference…
The European Union has adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/2365, a new set of binding rules designed to prevent plastic-pellet losses across the entire supply chain. The goal of the adoption is to achieve zero pellet losses and cut one of the…
The packaging industry is under growing pressure to shift toward circular solutions, yet many comparisons between single-use and reusable packaging rely on incomplete data or misleading assumptions. A new study, conducted by Dutch researchers Mieke van den Berg and Prof.…
The European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) has published the completely revised 5th version of its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Printing Inks used on Food Contact Materials. This is the first major overhaul since 2016 and marks a significant step…
This guide provides a practical overview of migration testing for plastic food-contact materials in the EU, explaining how substances can transfer into food and the relevant regulatory limits under Regulations (EC) 1935/2004 and (EU) 10/2011. It covers key laboratory techniques,…
On September 25, 2025, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly released Announcement No. 6 of 2025, establishing 32 new national food-safety standards and issuing two amendments. Among the most notable new standards…
The European Union has issued targeted corrections to its main regulation governing recycled plastics used in food contact materials. The move aims to remove ambiguities, clarify responsibilities, and ensure smoother compliance for recyclers, converters, and other operators across the packaging…
The European Council has approved a plan to postpone the application of the updated EU rules for the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals. The decision pushes the start date to 1 January 2028 and is intended to provide legal…
The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency has opened a public consultation on a proposal to prohibit bisphenol A and related bisphenols in food contact materials. The move signals a major regulatory shift for packaging suppliers and aims to bring Great…