Food packaging isn’t just a wrapper, it's a crucial layer of protection that ensures the safety and integrity of what people consume. Today, consumers are eating a lot of packaged food all around the ...
Out of the roughly 14,000 chemicals known to come into contact with food, 25 percent make their way into blood, urine, and breast milk. But there are a few ways to minimize exposure. A new study has ...
Food packaging tops the list of Things You Don’t Think About But Can Mess With Your Day, like cheap zippers or demagnetized credit cards. Ever worn a white shirt while opening a can of tomato soup? Or ...
Three perfluoroalkyl ethyl-containing substances that repel grease and water can no longer be used to coat paper that comes into contact with food sold in the U.S., the Food & Drug Administration ...
Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter too much of the planet, posing a threat to wildlife and ...
YONKERS, NY – A new investigation by Consumer Reports found dangerous chemicals in most of the food wrappers and packaging from chain restaurants and grocery stores that were tested. CR tested each ...
The containers that hold your takeout dinner may harbor an invisible threat: fluorinated compounds that persist in our bodies long after we ingest them. They are among almost 5,000 perfluoroalkyl and ...
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 ...
Created for large-scale storage and everyday kitchens, the wrapper tracks the small chemical shifts food makes over time to help preserve its freshness. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist ...