PURE Bioscience expects to make direct food contact submissions to US regulatory agencies based on testing of its antimicrobial before the end of the month.
European food safety watchdog EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has ruled that it is safe to recycle polypropylene (PP) crates made by the UK-based pallet and container packaging company CHEP for food contact uses.
The chemical triclosan has been formally withdrawn from a European list for use as a food contact material but plastic containing the substance can be marketed until late 2011, said Brussels.