Rob Veraart PhD. Scientist at Keller & Heckman Expert field: Food Contact Legislation in EU, national (for example Dutch, German legislation etc) and FDA, USP (Pharmacopoeia of the USA), European pharmacopoeia, Packaging waste legislation in the EU Click here to send an email to Rob Veraart telephone: 32 (0)2 645 50 83 fax: + 32 (0)2 645 50 50 Keller and Heckman sites: www.khlaw.com & www.packaginglaw.com

Selection of presentations held (not all publications are mentioned and/or available online):

Conference	Location	Date	Title presentation
HST	Utrecht, The Netherlands	14 Mar 2006	Food contact materials & legislation
Smart & Intelligent packaging	Stockholm, Sweden	29/30 Mar 2006	Current and future EU legislation for smart and intelligent packaging for food
Food Contact Legislation Asia	Singapore, Singapore	20/21 Sep 2006	Active and smart packaging legislation in the EU and US
The Future of Inks and Coating Effects for Packaging	Brussels, Belgium	27/28 Sep 2006	Inks and food contact legislation
Macropak 2006	Utrecht, The Netherlands	4 Oct 2006	Developments in Food Contact Legislation (in Dutch)
VMK meeting	Maarsen, The Netherlands	13 Nov 2006	Update of food contact legislation of plastics
MKB workshop	Gouda, The Netherlands	14 Nov 2006	Workshop Food Contact Legislation
Multilayer Packaging Films	Cologne, Germany	28/29 March 2007	Food contact legislation and multi-layers
PLACE conference	Athens, Greece	14-16 May 2007	Update of food contact legislation
Biodegradable plastics in packaging applications	Munich, Germany	3-4 July 2007	Using biodegradable materials in food packaging - food contact considerations
8th Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar	Washington DC, USA	3-4 October 2007	Recycled Plastic, Regulatory Guidelines in the EU Recycled Paper, Regulatory Guidelines in the EU
Le recyclé dans le contact alimentaire	Paris, France	8 November 2007	Le contexte et cadre réglementaire
RadTech Europe 2007	Vienna, Austria	13-15 Nov 2007	How to Demonstrate Compliance with Food Packaging Applications
Polyolefin Additives	Cologne, Germany	14-16 April 2008	The use of additives in food contact materials
European Coatings Conference "Food Contact"	Berlin, Germany	12-13 June 2008

Education and experience

Hogeschool west-Brabant at Etten-Leur, The Netherlands (B.Sc. in Analytical chemistry 1992) University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry 1994) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry 1998) TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands (project manager Food Contact Legislation 1998-2006) Keller and Heckman, Brussels, Belgium (scientist, since 2007)

Recent publications about food contact materials

Editor of the compilation of the Packaging and Food Utensils Regulation (Commodity Act) of The Netherlands (Verpakkingen- en Gebruiksartikelen besluit) published by SDU (in Dutch only) co-editor of the online version of the Commodity Act of the Netherlands, mr. J.M. Francken, ir. P.D.A. Olthof, mr. B. J. Beer, dr. J.R. Veraart, www.warenwet.nl R. Veraart, "EU-additievenlijst voor plastics compleet", VMT, 6 October 2006, find a copy here (Dutch) R. Veraart and L Coulier, "Compliance testing of chemical migration from food contact materials", chapter 5, page 85-121 in "Chemical migration and food contact materials" Edited by K Barnes, R Sinclair and D Watson, published by Woodhead Publishing Limited, ISBN 1 84569 029 X, 2006 R. Veraart, "Praktijkgids voedselcontactmaterialen", deel 6 in de reeks Praktijkgidsen Warenwet, published by SDU (in Dutch only), ISBN 978-90-12-11799-9, 2007 R. Rijk and R. Veraart, editors of "Global Legislation for Food Contact Materials", 2008, in preparation