[AndTech] September 27th (Friday) AndTech WEB Online “Revised points of the positive list system regarding raw material resins for food packaging and corporate measures
～New substance application requirements and evaluation/testing for implementation in June 2025” Zoom course held
*AndTech*
Press release: August 28, 2024
September 27th (Friday) AndTech WEB Online “Revised points of the positive list system regarding raw material resins for food packaging and corporate measures
～New substance application requirements and evaluation/testing for implementation in June 2025” Zoom course held
*Hideki Nishi, representative of Nishi Packaging Specialist Office, will give a lecture. *
AndTech Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Masao Suyama, hereinafter referred to as
AndTech) is a revision that has been increasing recently as part of the Zoom course for R&D development support.
In order to meet the needs for solving problems with the food packaging positive list, we will be holding a course on the “Revised Food Packaging Positive List System” led by leading instructors. A leading expert will provide an easy-to-understand introduction to the revised PL, which poses difficulties in interpreting substances covered by the PL and the interpretation of laminates, etc., and the key points and countermeasures companies should take before the revision takes effect.
This course is scheduled to start on September 27, 2024. detail: https://andtech.co.jp/seminars/1ef53df9-d604-6926-8fbd-064fb9a95405
Live streaming/WEB seminar course overview
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Theme: Points of revision to the positive list system regarding raw material resins for food packaging and countermeasures for companies ~Responses for implementation in June 2025, application requirements for new substances, evaluation/testing methods, examples of PL compliance certification from overseas manufacturers, etc.~
Date and time: Friday, September 27, 2024 13:00-17:00
Participation fee: 45,100 yen (tax included) * Materials will be distributed electronically
U R L: https://andtech.co.jp/seminars/1ef53df9-d604-6926-8fbd-064fb9a95405 Web distribution format: Zoom (URL will be sent after application)
Seminar course content structure
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-Program/Lecturer-
Nishi Packaging Specialist Office Representative Mr. Hideki Nishi
Knowledge you can learn and technical issues you can solve in this seminar ────────────────────────
・International PL progress status
・PL and NL
・PL regulated substances and regulation methods
・Specific example of PL compliance communication
・PL new substance evaluation method
Format of this seminar
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This will be a live streaming seminar using the web conferencing tool “Zoom”. Details will be provided after you apply.
About AndTech Co., Ltd.
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Inquiries regarding this matter
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[Purpose of the lecture]
Japanese food packaging resin PL (Positive)
List) transitioned from the long-standing voluntary standards of industry groups to a national system in June 2020, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the revised PL as early as November 2023, and enforcement is scheduled to begin in June 2025. be. The revised PL incorporates the similarities of additives, the consolidation of duplicate listings, and the integration of base polymers, and the PL has been consolidated from four to two, and the number of listed substances has increased from approximately 4,600 to 2,830. However, there are local rules unique to Japan, such as monomer coding. There are also cases where companies are struggling with the interpretation of PL-eligible substances and laminates. In this lecture, we will introduce the key points of the revised PL and the countermeasures companies should take.
[Key points of the lecture]
Regarding the PL system for food contact materials (resins), which forms the basis of food packaging regulations, the regulatory status in Japan and abroad, targets of PL regulation, examples of
interpretation of processed products, PL compliance communication methods and examples, application requirements and tests for new substances We provide practical explanations of methods and domestic and international PL investigation methods.
[Program]
1. Introduction – Environment surrounding packaging –
2.Usage ratio by material in food packaging
3. What is food packaging safety: PL positioning
4. Status of introduction of PL system in overseas countries: PL in Europe, America, etc.
5. Current status of Japanese laws and regulations and PL/NL 5.1 Overview of the Food Sanitation Act: Food contact substances, regulated objects and standards
5.2 Current status and issues of industry voluntary standards (adhesives, printing ink, paper, etc.)
6. Japanese PL institutionalization and revised PL
6.1 Progress on the eight challenges of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
6.2 Purpose of introducing PL system and status of PL introduction overseas 6.3 PL regulation targets and points of revision: current 4PL and revised 2PL Concept of PL target substances, 21 groups and 5 classifications of inorganic substances, natural polymer substances, and polymers Monomer coding, polymer name, and how to match it with the common name of the polymer
Additive PL and usage restrictions
6.4 PL compliance communication method and specific examples of compliance certificates, examples of compliance certificates from overseas manufacturers
6.5 Transitional measures period (5 years) and company response 6.6 Consumer Affairs Agency Q&A collection (PL targets, interpretation of laminates, etc.)
6.7 Health impact assessment guidelines for new substances listed in the PL (Food Safety Commission)
7. PL survey method in each country
8. Summary: Measures and points to keep in mind for companies 9. References and sources of information
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