Manufacturing process provides low-cost, sustainable option for food packaging
Purdue University researchers have developed a large-scale manufacturing process that may change the way some grocery store foods are packaged. According to Credence Research, food packaging is a growing billion-dollar market, and overall predicted growth is expected to reach 6 ...
Food Packaging Chemicals Face Increasing Scrutiny
States such as Washington and California are increasing their scrutiny of chemicals in food packaging, pursuing a next-generation examination of earlier federal initiatives to limit or ban their use. Perfluorinated chemicals (PFAs), bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S, phthalates and ...
What ‘chemicals of concern’ are in your food packaging?
Hazardous chemicals that persist indefinitely in the ecosystem have no place in a circular economy. Brand owners using packaging materials that contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), for example, should look for better replacements to ensure the health and safety of ...
Panel OKs recycling processes to create food packaging
A scientific panel in Europe has greenlighted a number of processes and technologies for recycling post-consumer plastics into food packaging. The Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) signed off on proposals to recycle PET, HDPE ...
‘Significant’ food packaging guide goes beyond regulatory minimums
The new Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (FSAP) guidelines are significant, and potentially controversial, because they go beyond regulatory requirements, and are based primarily on preferences of brand owners. Published by an informal technical committee of the Institute of Packaging ...
All You Need To Know About Food Packaging
If you are buying organic food, it is good for you. But still, you might be exposing yourself and your family to chemicals. It also points towards one word, the Plastics. Plastic is a big part of food product packaging ...
Global Food Packaging Market | 2018 Top Players
MarketResearch.biz published a recent industry research report that spotlight on Food Packaging and provides detailed market analysis and future anticipation of Global Food Packaging market. Food Packaging Market research report supply a thorough study of past, present and future look ...
US food safety body issues ‘best practice’ on chemicals in packaging
A US-based food safety alliance has published a list of chemicals of concern it says packaging suppliers should either eliminate from materials or minimise the use of. The Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (FSAP) says its proposal goes beyond regulatory ...
Global Food Packaging Market 2018-2022
The global food packaging market to grow at a CAGR of 5.39% during the period 2018-2022. Global Food Packaging Market 2018-2022, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market ...
Lamb Weston unveils sustainably optimized food packaging
Kraft paper bags of frozen french fries distributed through institutional markets that are now certified recyclable have the potential to annually divert up to 30-million pounds of packaging material from landfills to the recycling stream. A successful partnership between Lamb ...