By: David Erickson, Jennifer Hackman, Poston Pritchett, Caitlin Robb
On September 17, 2024, the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (JESEE) published a paper on the potential human exposure to food contact chemicals (FCCs). Led by a research team at the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, the study synthesized data from published sources that analyzed a total of over 14,000 FCCs known to exist in food contact articles. While the study revealed some evidence that FCCs could potentially migrate to humans, overall, health risks are still largely unknown.