October 15-17, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Food Contact Training US provides the necessary foundation needed to be successful and stay compliant in the food contact industry, and brings knowledgeable advisors face-to-face with attendees in a specialized, close-knit training course. Organized by Smithers, a worldwide authority on packaging, paper, and print industry supply chains.
The legislation for food contact materials is constantly evolving. For consumer safety, it's critical that every person involved in food packaging and production understands and monitors food packaging regulation requirements, and has the resources and know-how to forecast the industry landscape.
Past attendees include HP, BASF, Unilever, Imerys, RDAbbott, Crown, Fujifilm, 3M, Mars Wrigley, Evonik, Nestle, and many more.
Eric F. Greenberg is Principal Attorney of the law firm Eric F. Greenberg, P. C., with a practice concentrated in food and drug law, packaging law, and commercial litigation.
His food and drug work has included regulatory counseling, label and claims review, new product development, GRAS and food contact materials evaluations and clearances, negotiations with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state agencies, handling recalls, and defending enforcement actions.
He and his firm counsel a wide range of consumer product companies, packaging manufacturers and others on regulatory and labeling requirements, and handle related contractual and litigation matters
Alistair manages the Food Packaging Safety Section within Smithers. This involves advising clients on the safety legislation which applies to food packaging in a wide range of different countries throughout the world and coordinating work programmes to ensure that clients' products meet these requirements. His expertise spans all the EU countries, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Russia and all the South American countries.
Alistair graduated with a degree and PhD in Chemistry from Birmingham University. After working for BP and the Department of Health, he joined Smithers in 1994, taking up his current position in 1995.