Following on from the successful Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs online conference this month, we are pleased to announce new dates for the post-conference workshop on 'Food Contact Regulations Asia Deep Dive' led by Decernis.
Bastiaan Schupp works since mid-2011 as legislative officer on food contact materials in DG Health and Food Safety of the European Commission. In the context of food safety, his main responsibly is the implementation of the specific measures on food contact materials presently in force, with a focus on the framework Regulation, plastic and recycled plastic food contact materials. Bastiaan is educated as a chemical engineer, and has a background in risk management.
Graduated in chemistry in 1989, then a Master in Environmental Sciences from 1989 to 1991. Ph.D in analytical chemistry in the field of Ecotoxicology at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne.
Scientific collaborator within the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne during 4 years.
He joined Nestlé Research Center in June 1998, working on packaging safety and compliance.
From 2007 to 2010, he moved to Nestlé Switzerland for the implementation of the packaging safety and compliance strategy of Nestlé Group.
2011 back to Nestlé Research Center to manage a project on adhesives.
Since beginning 2014, Senior Packaging Safety & Compliance Expert for the European Zone
Koen Weel is a Dutch food chemist who has been professionally involved in the safety and compliance of food contact materials in several roles since 2004. He has worked as an auditor in the food packaging manufacturing industry, and was also a project manager for food contact materials at TNO Triskelion, performing migration and compliance studies against international food contact legislations. The larger part of his working life so far has been spent at Danone Specialized Nutrition (in several roles) responsible for food safety and compliance of baby and medical food packaging.
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.
Laura Markley, Ph.D. has been a toxicologist for 15 years with expertise in risk assessment, metals toxicology, nanotoxicology, and food safety. She received her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maine and completed her postdoctoral studies at the FDA in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. She has worked as a toxicologist in consulting firms performing environmental and human health risk assessments and volunteered as the Associate Director at the nonprofit Wise Laboratory Field Research Program in collaboration with the Ocean Foundation in D.C. Currently, Dr. Markley is a toxicologist at the FDA in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in the Division of Food Contact Substances as a safety reviewer.
Anna Papagrigoraki is the Sustainability Director at Cepi, the European Confederation of Paper Industries, since 2019. Prior to Cepi, Anna held positions in PlasticsEurope where she was part of the Advocacy team and CEFS, the EU Sugar Manufacturers Association as an Environment & Agricultural Advisor. She has experience in environmental policy topics ranging from industrial emissions and circular economy to climate change and life-cycle-assessment. Anna has Masters in Civil Engineering (2009) and MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2010) from the University of Southampton.
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