Paper and Packaging

• Joint Industry statement: Safeguarding the Internal Market Legal Basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to obtain best possible outcomes (2023)
• FEICA position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (2022)
• Adhesives under the scope of the EU Single-Use Plastic Directive (EU) 2019/904 (2021)
• FEICA Position Paper on biodegradability and compostability of packaging adhesives (2020).

Some documents are reserved for FEICA member companies, national associations and their member companies and can be accessed via the FEICA Extranet.

• FEICA Guidance for evaluating the food contact status of adhesives containing mineral oil hydrocarbons (2023) - Also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch (2022)
• Study on oligomeric hydrocarbons from hotmelt adhesives used in cardboard packaging (2021)
• FEICA recommendation to substitute GLYMO by the end of 2020 in applications intended for food contact (2019)
• FEICA guidance for Good Manufacturing Practice - GMP (2015) - Also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch (on demand).
• ILSI Europe Report on Adhesives for Food Packaging Materials (2018)

• JCR Technical Report: Practical guidelines on the application of migration modelling for the estimation of specific migration (2015)

Some documents are reserved for FEICA member companies, national associations and their member companies and can be accessed via the FEICA Extranet.

During this webinar, we discussed what laminating adhesives are, outlining their benefits, the ways they pass through the recycling processes, and the adhesive industry's activities to promote the continuous evolution of recyclable adhesive products. 

The webinar recording is available HERE.
The webinar presentation slides are available HERE

During this webinar, we discussed adhesive technologies, their chemistry and the steps adhesives take through the paper mill and repulping process. Our speakers also highlighted some points of importance regarding testing and evaluation methods to encourage both cooperation within the supply chain and future discussions with stakeholders.

The presentation slides can be viewed here. The recording of the webinar is available via this link.

On 3 March 2022, Dr Monika Tönnießen, Head of Food Safety Compliance - Global Food Safety, Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs at Henkel, represented FEICA at the PTS Conference 'Paper & Board for Food Contact', with a presentation on ‘Ensuring the safety of adhesives for food packaging’.

To consult the presentation, click here.

During this webinar, FEICA elaborated on adhesives in plastic packaging and how to correctly communicate specifications. These were the key takeaways:

• Cooperation in the supply chain is key to successfully implementing a circular economy
• Speaking the same language will help the supply chain to collaborate efficiently
• Adhesives and adhesive applications are subject to constant innovation and optimisation. Technology-neutral guidelines help enable and accommodate these innovations

Please consult the presentation slides of the FEICA webinar ‘Communicating on adhesives in plastic recycling’ or download the FEICA paper ‘Terminology and definitions to be used in the context of plastic packaging recycling’ for more information on this topic.

FEICA organised this webinar to inform stakeholders about the FEICA project aimed at supporting our customers in their compliance work and help them to demonstrate the safety of our adhesives in their products. These were the main takeaways:

• Typical hotmelts for food packaging do not contain mineral oil 
• The FEICA testing project could demonstrate the safety of representative hotmelts for food contact materials
• A correlation can be established between extraction, simulation and testing on real foodstuff when simulation will predict real migration with a safety margin 

You can also view the webinar presentation slides on the FEICA website.
 

During this webinar, Matthias Frischmann, food chemist and Head of Corporate Analytics at Henkel in Düsseldorf introduced the topic of cyclic esters, explained the risk assessment that was carried out and the responsibilities of each actor in the supply chain of PU and heat seal adhesives. 

A summary of the report and the slides of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives are available on the FEICA extranet.

FEICA held a seminar titled 'Safe Adhesives for Safe Food' for all actors in the supply chain.  The seminar concentrated on migration testing of adhesives and especially the testing of the migration of mineral oil hydrocarbons.

The proceedings are available for download by clicking on the titles.

• Introduction to the adhesive industry and the food packaging sector, by Alexandra Ross, Product Regulatory Specialist, H.B. Fuller.
• Migration testing approaches for adhesives, by André Weiss, Manager Instrumental Analytics, Food Safety, Henkel.
• Mineral oil hydrocarbons - toxicological and regulatory background, by Anna Hedelin, Senior Staff Researcher Toxicology, Nynas.
• Mineral oil hydrocarbons in adhesives, by Monika Toenniessen, Regional Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Manager Europe, Henkel.
• Testing mineral oil and synthetic hydrocarbon from adhesives into food, by Martin Lommatzsch, Analytical Chemist and Entrepreneur, Laboratory Lommatzsch.
• FEICA guidance and recommendations to the industry, by Jana Cohrs, Executive Director Regulatory Affairs, FEICA.