QLK1-2001-00930 BIOSAFEPAPER - Application of Bioassays for Safety Assessment of Paper and Board for Food Contact

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Contract No:	QLK1-2001-00930
Project Type:	RS (Research and Technological Development Project)
Start Date:	01-12-2001
Duration:	48 months
Total Cost:
EC Contribution:
Scientific Officer:	Dr Achim BOENKE

Abstract

This project aims at the development , validation and intercalibration of a quick test battery for the safety assessment of food contact paper and board. The work is carried out at a pre-normative level. By disseminating the results to industry, legislators, standardisation bodies and consumers, a new accepted risk evaluation procedure will be crated. This activity is required since product safety is increasingly important for food packaging, while customers ask for proof of safety. At present there are no reliable test methods. There is also a regulatory gap as far as paper and board are concerend. There is a EU Framework Directive on materials in contact with foodstuffs, but no directive yet on paper and board. Scientific data is needed as a basis for legislation, whiel European wide research is necessary to define such methods.

Objectives

The main aim of the project is to create scientifically sound recommendations for a harmonised risk evaluation and product testing methodology. Development validation and intercalibration for safety assessment of food contact paper and board of:

• A test battery, with a decision-tree approach with endpoints relevant to consumer safety.
• Novel test systems measuring sublethal effects on mammalian cells, cross-validated by the project partners.
• Extraction procedures applicable to paper and board with solvent/ adsorbent systems simulating different types of foodstuffs and developed from end use applications
• Risk assessment procedures based on the scientific evaluation of the results
• Dissemination of the results to consumers, legislators, standardisation bodies such as CEN, and industry to form a basis for regulatory activities

Participants

This is a large project with three types of partners as follows:

Scientific partner	Country
Centre Technique du Papier	France
DEFRA-Central Science Laboratoryr	UK
Finnish Pulp and Paper Institute	Finland
Istituto Superiore di Sanitá	Italy
National Public Health Institute	Finland
Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute	Sweden
University of Kuopio	Finland
University of Helsinki	Finland
University of Burgundy	France

Associated partner	Country
Centre de Recherche des Eaux de Paris	France
Center of Technology Assessment	Germany
Technical University of Kaiserslautern	Germany

Industrial partner	Country
Cartiera Lucchese	Italy
Cascades Arnsberg	Germany
Club MCAS	France
Instituto Papelero Espanol (Consortium)	Spain
Iggesund Paperboard	Sweden
Jefferson Smurfit Group	Ireland
Kappa Packaging	The Netherlands
Mayr-Melnhof Karton	Austria
M. Peterson Linerboard	Norway
M-Real Consumer Packaging	Finland
Papeteries Matussiere et Forest	France
Reno de Medici	Italy
SCA Packaging	Sweden

Contacts

Co-ordinator

• Asloeg WEBER / University of Kuopio FINLAND