On Sept. 17, 2024, a team of researchers from the Food Packaging Forum announced that a peer-reviewed scientific article describing widespread human exposure to food contact chemicals (FCCs) was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.

This research revealed which chemicals used in food packaging and other food contact articles have been found in human samples, such as urine, blood, and breast milk, and it also highlighted significant gaps in biomonitoring and toxicity data. The data were made available in an interactive tool. This FCChuman database was compiled by a team of researchers from the Food Packaging Forum, together with colleagues from four academic institutions.