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J. Gilbert and A. López de Sá, Editors

Published in Food Additives and Contaminants 2002;19(Suppl.1):1-228

On 8–10 November 2000, ILSI Europe, in collaboration with the European Commission (EC), the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the Vienna University of Technology, organised the 2nd International Symposium on Food Packaging: Ensuring the Safety and Quality of Foods, in Vienna, Austria. This second symposium followed a first one held in 1996 in Budapest (Food Additives and Contaminants, 1997;14: 517–775). The objective of both symposia was to advance the underlying science relating to the safety and quality of packaged foods, to disseminate results and ongoing research, and to stimulate debate in projecting implications for the future. The presentations at the symposium were divided into five sections covering (i) risk assessment of packaging materials, (ii) modelling, (iii) recycling and reuse of packaging, (iv) active, intelligent and novel packaging, and (v) new analytical approaches. The symposium concluded with an overview of the progress made in the food safety area of packaging research, which to a large extent has been supported by the European Commission. The proceedings of the symposium, including oral presentations, have been published in Food Additives and Contaminants.

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