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FDA to Consider Ban on Ortho-Phthalates in Food Contact Surfaces

The Food and Drug Administration has received a petition to ban use of several ortho-phthalates in food contact surfaces, it said (here). Comments on the petition, which was filed by environmental and public interest advocacy groups, are due July 19.

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(Federal Register 05/20/16)