25th Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2017 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 25 April 2017 in Aschaffenburg

The VFV Lecture Event took place on 25 April 2017 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 took place for the 25th 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
FDA - Which questions regarding food contact are being discussed in America?
Non-regulated materials such as adhesives in packaging
Paper and board - Which issues are pertinent in the field of food contact apart from mineral oils?
NIAS - analysis and evaluation
Printing inks - How to handle this issue without a Regulation in force?
Packaging not only as waste - the growing importance of biodegradability and compostability

Agenda of the 25th Lecture Event of the VFV on 25 April 2017 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg
Time	Topic	Speaker
09:15 h	Opening of the event by the VFV President	Bernhard Schippler DS Smith, Aschaffenburg
09:30 h	Current state of the European and National legislation – projects of the National Reference Laboratory	Dr. Oliver Kappenstein BfR, Berlin
10:10 h	Mineral oil in food – What role do paper, paper-board and board play in this?	Antje Kersten Technische Universität Darmstadt
10:50 h	Coffee break
11:10 h	Conformity work for food packaging – Options for supporting the producers from the point of the raw material suppliers by the example of dispersions for adhesives and paper	Dr. Gertrud Scherer / Dr. Sabine Vogt BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
11:50 h	Printing inks: Conformity work today- current developments on the European scale	Dr. Carl Stilke Siegwerk Printing Inks, Siegburg
12:30 h	Lunch break
13:30 h	FDA compliance – Which requirements on food contact materials do exist in the USA?	Dr. Katja Zechmann ISEGA GmbH, Aschaffenburg
14:10 h	Compliance work from the point of a manufac-turer of food contact materials	Alexandre Roumaneix DS Smith, London
14:50 h	New developments in the standardization of test methods for paper and plastic	Dr. Eva-Maria Biester / Dr. Ulrich Zang / Dr. Ralph Derra ISEGA GmbH, Aschaffenburg
15:30 h	Concluding discussion
16:15 h	VFV Annual General Meeting
Chairman: Dr. Ralph Derra

25th Lecture Event of the VFV “Trends 2017 in the Field of European Food Packaging “ on 25 April 2017 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 25th Lecture Event of the VFV on 25 April 2017 Stadthalle Aschaffenburg

25th Lecture Event of the VFV
“Trends 2017 in the Field of European Food Packaging “
on 25 April 2017 in Aschaffenburg

Agenda of the 25th Lecture Event of the VFV on 25 April 2017
Stadthalle Aschaffenburg