23rd Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2015 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 28 April 2015 in Aschaffenburg

The VFV Lecture Event took on 28 April 2015 in the Stadthalle (Municiple Hall) Aschaffenburg.

On the occasion of the annual general meeting of the research association "Verein zur Förderung der Forschung und Ausbildung für Faserstoff- und Verpackungschemie e.V. (VFV)", a lecture event was held for the 20th time concerning topical issues in the field of food packaging.

We are pleased to have won over competent speakers from various sectors of the manufacture, finishing and testing of food packages.

Our guests could look forward to informative lectures on the following topics:

Current developments in European Legislation on food contact materials
Mineral oil and printing inks - Changes in the German Decree on Consumer Goods (Bedarfsgegenständeverordnung)
Printing inks Regulation - What's to come?
Biocides in paper and board
Adhesives for food contact
Paper and board - Analytical questions
Migration guideline - Implementation of the migration conditions of the Plastics Regulation as from 1 January 2016

The conference language was German, however, the presentations were translated simultaneously into English.

Agenda of the 23nd Lecture Event of the VFV on 28 April 2015 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg
Time	Topic	Speaker
09:15 h	Opening of the event by the VFV President	Bernhard Schippler DS Smith, Aschaffenburg
09:30 h	News of CoE and Database of substances known by member states of the Council of Europe and issued in FCM	Dr. Fabien Bolle Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium
10:00 h	Papers and board in contact with food – A European outlook	Eva Lindström SCA Packaging, Sweden
10:40 h	Coffee break
11:00 h	Barrier coatings for paper and board for the purpose of avoiding mineral oil migration	Dr. Markus Kleebauer, Ingrid Demel PTS, Munich
11:30 h	The „new“ Warenwet – National measures gain importance	Dr. Rob Veraart Keller & Heckman
12:10 h	Lunch break
13:10 h	Migration analyses: A challenge in practice - Insight into the New Technical Guideline	Dr. Rainer Brandsch MDCtec System GmbH, Gilching
13:50 h	Adhesives for food packaging materials – A position–fixing	Alexandra Ross H.B. Fuller Deutschland, Lüneburg
14:20 h	Coffee break
14:40 h	„GMP, conformity work & Co. – Experiences from the point of view of official Food Surveillance”	Saskia Both Landesuntersuchungsamt Saarbrücken
15:20 h	Current NIAS in the field of paper and board - Anthraquinone, PAAs and printing ink additives	Dr. Ralph Derra ISEGA, Aschaffenburg
16:00 h	Concluding discussion
16:15 h	VFV Annual General Meeting
Chairman: Dr. Ralph Derra

23rd Lecture Event of the VFV “Trends 2015 in the Field of European Food Packaging “ on 28 April 2015 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 23nd Lecture Event of the VFV on 28 April 2015 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg

23rd Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2015 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 28 April 2015 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 23nd Lecture Event of the VFV on 28 April 2015
Stadthalle Aschaffenburg