Food Contact Materials Seminar

10 May 2016, save the date!

Food Contact Materials Seminar Benelux
An initiative by Eurofins Product Testing supported by Eurofins Food Testing

Challenges & Opportunities for Product Compliance

Eurofins Product Testing, supported by Eurofins Food Testing, is proud to announce their first ever Benelux Food Contact Material seminar for Food Contact Materials manufacturers, suppliers to the industry, food companies, industry associations and authorities. Staying up to date on food contact material legislation proves to be challenging for all companies involved with food packaging and food contact materials. Eurofins presents a full day of highly informative speakers from Eurofins specialists, the industry, authorities and associations at a stunning location.

Topics of the preliminary program include:

• Welcome and introduction- Sander Aalders - Account Manager Netherlands - Eurofins Product Testing A/S
• Introduction on relevant European legislative requirements for Food Contact Materials- Mette Damgaard - Senior Consultant - Eurofins Product Testing A/S
• The importance of testing - Michaël Nieuwesteeg - General Manager - NVC Packaging Centre
• Declaration of Compliance on Food Contact Materials - what are the requirements?- Mette Damgaard - Senior Consultant - Eurofins Product Testing A/S
• The hazards of mineral oils in Food Contact Materials (MOSH/MOAH)- Dr. Andreas Grabitz - Senior Consultant - Eurofins Consumer Product Testing GmbH
• GMP in practice, an interpretation from folding carton industry- Pieter Geers - Specialist Food Safety Compliance & Quality Support - Graphic Packaging International
• Organizing Global Supply Chain Compliance- Judith Vermeulen - Food Safety Regulatory Affairs Manager - Mars Confectionery
• Regulation of Food Contact Materials in The Netherlands- Hidde Rang - Senior Policy Advisor from the Directorate Nutrition, Health protection and Prevention (VGP)

Date: 10 May 2016
Location: Hotels van Oranje, Noordwijk aan Zee
Tickets: early bird special price till end of March: € 245 - after that: 295 EUR

Why you should participate:

• Learn from the experts from the industry about food contact material compliance
• Know more about hot topics in the industry such as mineral oils, printing inks, …and how you can comply
• Understand the impact of the latest developments of EU regulations and guidelines on food safety and contact materials
• Learn how to handle documentation such as a 'Declaration of Compliance'
• Get more awareness of the thin line connection between food and food contact materials

Who should attend?

Are you in a professional role in quality assurance, marketing, product compliance, HSE, supply chain management, regulatory affairs, R&D or procurement in the packaging, the food, the raw material industries or any other organization involved with food contact materials?

Then you will highly benefit from the Eurofins Food Contact Materials seminar! Register here!

More information about all key note speakers will be released soon.

Vincent Van de Merckt Sander Aalders
Business Development ManagerAccount Manager Netherlands
VincentVandeMerckt@eurofins.com SanderAalders@eurofins.com
(+32 473 310 004) (+31 652 847 018)