Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a request for a public hearing submitted ...

Using the same mechanism that resulted in the banning of cyclamates in 1970, a group of public health watchdog organizations is challenging the FDA’s decision not to ban perchlorate in food packaging.

Thousands of chemicals used in food packaging and food production are leaching into food itself. “It’s [from] your soda can, your plastic cooking utensils, your nonstick frying pan, the cardboard box ...

JDI Distribution employs a one-stop approach for packaging and distributing consumer products. Machine automation makes copacking for pouches, stick packs and more a streamlined process for white ...

Food packaging has a number of key roles. Firstly, it aims to keep food safe from its environment, so it doesn’t get dirty or contaminated. Secondly, it makes it more convenient to transport. Thirdly, ...

As tired runners passed mile 23 of the London Marathon in April, volunteers wearing blue plastic gloves offered them squishy, lime-sized bubbles to pop into their mouths. The edible drink pods, ...

ProAmpac, a flexible packaging and material science company, has expanded its intellectual property portfolio with the issuance of several US patents for its ProActive Sustainability product line. The ...

Approximately 60% of all plastics produced worldwide are used for food packaging (1). That means that of the 380 million metric tons of plastics produced in 2015, 228 million metric tons were food ...

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProAmpac, the fast-growing flexible packaging leader, today offers the latest innovations in the company’s flexible packaging products for the pet food industry. “From ...