Identifying and Evaluating Alternative Materials: The Case of BPA-Free Can Linings
November 4, 2016
SESSION 1: Understanding functional requirements and the food packaging system
- A Functional Approach to Substitution (Marty Mulvihill, UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry)
- How information drives supply chains (Amanda Cattermole, Cattermole Consulting, Inc.)
- What makes cans unique, what is important in a lining, and can supply chain basics (Judy LaKind, LaKind Associates, Inc. and University of Maryland)
SESSION 2: Evaluating exposure
- Issue of chemical migration – Framing the session (Gina Solomon, CalEPA)
- FDA requirements for migration testing of can linings (Jessica Cooper, FDA)
- Methods for identifying chemicals that migrate into food and how their concentrations vary with time and temperature (Emma Bradley, FERA UK)
- Use of high throughput techniques to understand chemical migration into food and human exposure (Kristin Isaacs, US EPA)
- Panel on evaluating chemical migration (Moderator: Gina Solomon; Panelists: Emma Bradley, Kristin Isaacs, Judy LaKind)
SESSION 3: Evaluating toxicity
- Testing methods for low dose toxicity, including new in-vivo and in vitromethods (John Bucher, Director, NTP Division, NIEHS)
- Case Study: A toxicological evaluation of a new can lining material (Mark Maier, formerly Valspar; Maricel Maffini, Consultant)
- Panel on evaluating toxicity. Moderator: Melanie Marty (formerly OEHHA) Panelists: John Bucher (NIEHS), Jennifer McPartland (EDF), Michelle LaMerrill (UC Davis), Mark Maier (formerly Valspar)
SESSION 4: Integrating Information for decision-making
- A model for transmitting information about hazard and chemical composition along the supply chain (Eden Bruckman, HPD collaborative)
- Presentation of participant answers + framing the panel discussion (Meg Schwarzman, UC Berkeley)
- Panel discussion considering: What key pieces of information do you need to make a change in materials? How do you use the science in material selection? Moderator: Meg Schwarzman, Panelists: Meredith Williams (DTSC), Eden Bruckman, Janet Nudelman (Breast Cancer Fund), Amanda Cattermole, John O’Keefe (Amy’s)