FCCmigex database receives update

Food Packaging Forum | March 12, 2025

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"On March 12, 2025, the Food Packaging Forum’s Database on Migrating and Extractable Food Contact Chemicals (FCCmigex) received an update identifying 1,060 new chemicals present in or migrating from food packaging and other food contact articles. The database was last updated on April 12, 2023 (FPF reported).

FCCmigex was initially published in May 2022 and systematically maps the scientific evidence of food contact chemicals (FCCs) that have been measured in migrates and extracts of food contact materials and articles. All FCCs in the database have either been detected in food contact materials (indicated by extraction experiments) or found to transfer into food under real-world conditions, thus making human exposure to these chemicals highly probable (indicated by migration experiments).

With this new update, the database covers scientific studies published until May 2024. The database now includes in total:

5,294 chemicals (20% increase compared to the previous version)

1,500 scientific studies (13% increase)

>35,500 database entries (30% increase)

During this update, geographical information on where the tested food contact articles were bought was retrieved from the literature and added to the reference view of the interactive dashboard. Buttons to filter for recycled and primary content of plastic food contact materials (FCMs) were added, as well as regenerated cellulose as a new type of FCM."