Emerging plastic packaging trends and technologies

15 Mar

by Terpco Social Media Admin in Food Packaging No Comments

Solution-based plastic barrier packaging technologies are being developed in an environment of increasing global legislation directives and regulatory trends.

The annual Packaging Conference — just held Feb. 5-7 in Orlando, Florida — highlighted a strong focus on new business and emerging technology in the plastics packaging industry. Let’s take a look at some key regulatory trends and highlight a recent emerging barrier packaging technology discussed at the event.

Regulatory trends

The system for regulating food contact materials and food packaging in the United States is fairly well established, although it has evolved over the years in response to certain lessons learned.

Pursuant to the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, all substances that are intended to become components of food must receive premarket clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unless they are subject to a specific exemption. The FDA supported the 1998 amendment of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the submission of Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) in lieu of food additive petitions for food contact substances.

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