CPE Regulatory Compliance & Sustainability 3

Question 1

A packaging engineer is designing a pouch with a barrier layer. Under the EU REACH regulation, which action is required if the barrier material contains a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) above 0.1% w/w?

Accepted Answer

Notify the ECHA and provide safe use information to recipients

Answer

Articles containing SVHCs above 0.1% w/w must be notified to ECHA and safe use information communicated to recipients upon request; authorization is required only if the SVHC is on the Authorization List.

Question 2

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging shift the cost of end-of-life management to:

Accepted Answer

Producers who place packaging on the market

Answer

EPR programs make producers financially and/or operationally responsible for collecting and recycling packaging they introduce to the market.

Question 3

When performing a Recyclability Assessment for the How2Recycle label program, what minimum percentage of US households must have access to drop-off or curbside collection for a material to qualify as 'Widely Recyclable'?

Accepted Answer

80%

Answer

How2Recycle requires that at least 80% of US households have access to recycling collection for a packaging component to earn the 'Widely Recyclable' designation.

Question 4

The Montreal Protocol's Kigali Amendment, which affects packaging operations, primarily targets the phase-down of:

Accepted Answer

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigerant-cooled packaging lines

Answer

The Kigali Amendment added HFCs — commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning in manufacturing plants — to the Montreal Protocol phase-down schedule.

Question 5

In the US, which federal agency has primary jurisdiction over indirect food additives, including packaging materials that may migrate into food?

Accepted Answer

FDA

Answer

The FDA regulates food contact materials under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requiring that packaging substances that may migrate into food be approved as food additives or meet threshold of regulation criteria.

(CPE) Certified Packaging Engineer Practice Test

(CPE) Certified Packaging Engineer Practice Test

CPE Regulatory Compliance & Sustainability 3