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The vast amount of legislation on the safety of food packaging can be baffling. However, Pira has over 25 years' experience helping clients comply with these regulations around the globe. We can provide advice and training to help you understand what you need to do, and testing and technical consultancy to help you produce the information you need.Pira can help your organisation:
Join Nick Kernoghan's expert briefing and Q&A on Global food contact regulations beyond Europe and North America. Understand how regulations vary from region to region and what is required for compliance. If you are you are looking to supply, specify or develop food contact materials or packaging to any of these regions - this is a must-attend. It's also opportunity to pose questions direct....more
On 10 May 2011, the European Food Safety Authority published a guidance document for the risk assessment of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed. Join Pira's Nick Kernoghan for an expert briefing and Q&A on the new guidelines in Food Contact Applications. Find out about new data requirements and how to get ENMs approved. ...more
Pira's Nick Kernoghan talks about the recent coverage of mineral oil contamination of food packed in recycled paperboard packaging....more
A 30-year project to harmonise EU legislation on food-contact plastics is nearly at an end. Dr Alistair Irvine, Principal Consultant in Food Packaging Safety at Pira International reports. This article appeared in the March/April 2011 issue of The Packaging Professional, the magazine of the The Packaging Society...more
Alistair manages the Food Packaging Safety Section within Pira International. This involves advising clients on the safety legislation which applies to food packaging in a wide range of different countries throughout the world and coordinating work programmes to ensure that clients’ products meet these requirements.
Principal Consultant, Food Contact Services
Pira International
44-1372 802176
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Nick spent 18 years as an analytical chemist with British Petroleum where he rose to become Manager of Elemental and Chemical Analysis. He joined Pira International in April 1996 as Business Manager of the Analytical Group and has since become UK Director responsible for all the chemical and physical testing of packaging, printing and paper.
UK Director
44-1372 802173
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