Nano- and Microplastics from Food Contact Containers: Unveiling the Known and the Unknown
April 3, 2024
Virtual, Event
IAFNS Low- & No-Calorie Sweetener Spring Committee Meeting
April 16, 2024
Hybrid, Event
The IAFNS Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Committee will convene its Spring 2024 Committee Meeting on April 16, 2024.
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Host-Microbiota Interactions: A Personalized Point of View
April 18, 2024
Virtual, Event
The laboratory of Dr. Benoit Chassaing, Team Leader at INSERM located at Institut Pasteur in Paris, focuses on mucosal microbiota in chronic inflammatory diseases.
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IAFNS at GS1 Standards Week
April 23, 2024 – April 25, 2024
Virtual, Event
IAFNS will be representing the Global Branded Food Products Database at GS1 Standards Week.
A New Era in Obesity Treatment: GLP-1-Based Medications and Beyond
April 24, 2024
Virtual, Event
GLP-1-based medications and other new generation anti-obesity drugs appear to be promising strategies to address the decades-long, population-wide struggles with overweight.
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Past Events
FNCE 2016
October 15, 2016 – October 18, 2016
Boston, MA, USA
Dietary Sugar Intake: Systematic Review of Public Health Guidelines and their Recommendations
Compilation, Curation, and Prioritization of Food-Use Chemicals in ToxCast
September 29, 2016 – September 30, 2016
Durham, NC, USA
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Scientific Advances and Challenges in Safety Evaluation of Food Packaging Materials
September 27, 2016
Washington, D.C., USA
This workshop will provide a scientific forum to discuss the state of the science on toxicology, exposure and risk assessment as it relates to the safety of food packaging.
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Food-Use Chemicals in ToxCast: Identification, Curation, and Evaluation
September 22, 2016
Durham, NC, USA
Dr. Agnes Karmaus (IAFNS 2012 Summer Fellow) has been invited to present at EPA’s Computational Toxicology Communities of Practice webinar series on the food-relevant chemicals in ToxCast. This work was supported by the IAFNS Technical Committee on Food and Chemical Safety.
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IAFP 2016 Annual Meeting
July 31, 2016 – August 3, 2016
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Sessions organized by IAFNS’s Food Microbiology and Food & Chemical Safety Committees.
- In light of advancements in analytical methodologies which are allowing for progressively lower detection limits resulting in unexpected chemicals being detected in air, water, food, etc., how do we access and utilize this information for safety assessment of packaging materials?
- How do we evaluate the safety of nanomaterials in food packaging?
- In terms of assessing the safety of packaging materials, how much is enough?
Susan Selke, Michigan State University - Video Contaminant Residues in/from Recycled Paper-Paperboard and Plastics: Contaminant Identification, Food Safety Concerns and Regulatory Controls
Vanee Komolprasert, Division of Food Contact Notifications, U.S. FDA - Video Case Studies:
i. Mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSHs) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAHs)
Stephen Klump, Nestle - Video ii. a) Di-isopropylnapthalene; and b) Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Paul Honigfort, Division of Food Contact Notifications, U.S. FDA - Video Emerging Innovations and Technologies in Food Packaging
Young Kim, Virginia Tech University - Video Panel Discussion - Video
Moderator: Doug Copen, IAFNS Member Scientist
Panelists: Susan Selke, Vanee Komolprasert, Stephen Klump, Paul Honigfort, Jim Huang, Young Kim
- What are the challenges in utilizing recycled packaging materials in food contact applications and how do we address these challenges?
- What are the challenges in identification and safety evaluation of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact materials? What are the potential approaches for considering NIAS in the risk assessment of food contact materials?
- The challenges of communicating scientific information to a nonscientific audience, particularly the importance of communicating the entire story (example- what we know, what we don't know, not just what we want them to know) while making the information as relevant as possible.
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