Residues of Food Contact Materials in Food

Again in 2025: 14th International Akademie Fresenius Conference "Residues of Food Contact Materials in Food"

For many years, the International Akademie Fresenius Conference “Residues of Food Contact Materials in Food” has been the perfect platform for bringing together the scientific, industrial and regulatory communities. We therefore cordially invite you to this year’s Conference. Plenty of exciting presentations are awaiting you!

The conference will be taking place in Dusseldorf/Germany on 6 and 7 October 2025 (starting time 13:00 CEST). So make sure to secure your place in time!

Would you instead prefer to follow this conference digitally via our Live Stream? Then you can find further information here.

Early Bird Bookings – 10% discount valid until 8 August 2025 with discount code: FCM10

Highlights

Regulatory and risk management

• European Union update on FCM in foodstuffs
• From risk assessment to risk management of NIAS

Genotoxicity assessment

• EFSA’s new assessment on styrene
• Novel methodology to assess genotoxicity in FCM

BPA

• Recent German BfR data on human BPA exposure
• Bisphenol analysis: Regulatory gaps and laboratory insights

Analytical challenges and test harmonisation

• FCM testing – safety and compliance in paper packaging
• JRC on challenges in harmonising migration test procedures

Mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH)

• Mineral vs. synthetic oil: MOAH content and analytical differences
• Hydrocarbons in hotmelt adhesives for food packaging – reduction of mineral oil migration

Risk, PFAS, analysis

• Alternatives to PFAS in plastic
• Results of the UBA PFAS project
• Non-target analysis of PET bottles with and without recyclate

Who do you meet?

Groups that should take part:

Managing directors, boards of directors, members of supervisory boards, managers and scientists in the fields of:

• Quality assurance & control
• Product safety
• Raw material control
• Regulatory affairs & support
• Analysis
• Research & development
• Toxicology

Sectors that should take part:

• Food and beverage industry
• Food trade
• Packaging industry
• Food inspection offices
• Laboratories
• Research institutes
• Authorities
• Professional associations

What our participants say about this event:

• „Very insightful conference addressing several hot topics regarding food contact.“ (Alexander Molter, Henkel)
• „Good networking opportunity – if you participate in person!“ (Beate Ganster-Ipp, Constantia Flexibles)
• „I am happy of being part of the event. It was my first conference in my life, but the other experts were open to share their minds, expertise and experiences with me. I was surprised about my knowledge I had before about many topics, but I am even more happy, I was able to learn many new things and meeting new people.“ (Bastian Kußler, SGS Institut Fresenius GmbH)
• „This conference is a great chance to learn from the experts, with great networking opportunities also.“ (David Marín, IBERCERAS SPECIALTIES S.L.U.)

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