In June 2018 Eva Gaugler a researcher from Scion travelled to China as part of a scientist exchange funded by the New Zealand China Food Protection Network (NZCFPN). The aim of the scientist exchange was to establish a platform for ongoing knowledge exchange in the area of packaging food contact compliance. While in China she visited the Packaging Engineering Institute and the College of Science and Engineering of Jinan University, as well as the National Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials at the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center (IQTC).She also had the opportunity to attend the 21st IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, Zhuhai.