Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs (P&P) returns in 2021 and will equip attendees with all topical concerns in the food contact industry and develop knowledge on how to best comply with the latest regulations for plastic and paper packaging in contact with foodstuffs.
Delegates at the 2021 online conference will have the opportunity to:
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington.
Jonathan studied biochemistry and specialised in toxicology at the University of Surrey in the UK and graduated there in 2002. He joined the UK's Food Standards Agency the same year where he worked as a senior scientific officer on risk management of chemicals in food, including contaminants, pesticides and food contact materials. He represented and negotiated on behalf of the UK at EU and international level including Codex and managed several research and surveillance projects.
Jonathan joined the European Commission in 2014 and works as a policy officer in DG SANTE on food contact materials including the new initiative to revise the EU legislation. He is based in Brussels, in Belgium.
Biography coming soon.
Luisa Poletti is the Quality Supplier Manager for flexible packaging and promotional items at Barilla Group, where she also has Food Contact Technical Regulatory responsibility. She joined Barilla Group in 2001 with responsibility as Plant Quality Manager, and then became Ingredients Supplier Quality Manager and Ingredients Scientist. Prior to joining Barilla she worked in R&D at Danone.
Ms. Poletti has a degree in Food Science and Technology from Milano University.
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.
Dr. Elizabeth S. Furukawa is a Consumer Safety Officer. Since 2003, she serves as a scientific and regulatory analyst for premarket notifications of food contact substances within the Division of Food Contact Substances in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Furukawa received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Redlands and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Arizona State University.
Natasha Hausler Banke is the R&D Analytical Lab Manager for INX International Ink Company at the West Chicago R&D facility. Natasha received her PhD in Chemistry from Texas Christian University and began her career in Texas as a postdoctoral associate applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to the analysis of cellular metabolites. Continuing her work at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a research professor, she added mass spectrometry to her analytical techniques for metabolic analysis. The unifying themes of her research and publications have combined small molecule analysis by NMR and mass spectrometry for detection and quantification of analytes. In the years since graduating, she has enjoyed teaching several classes and acquired a certification in research methods.
After 13 years in the academic world, in 2015 she transitioned to working as an analytical chemist for INX International Ink Company. In 2021, she took on the roll of R&D Analytical Lab Manager. Natasha describes herself as an investigator. Her current position allows her to solve complex problems by applying her understanding of method development and analyte detection to raw materials and ink systems. In addition to her day-to-day duties at INX, she is a member of the Analytical Expert Working Group with EuPIA (European Printing Ink Association) and Association of Plastics Recyclers. She has presented papers at the conference meetings for NAPIM, RadTech, and TAGA.
