Those oranges in the supermarket may not be as orange as you think. A recent article in the scientific journal Perception ...

Getting rid of these known or suspected carcinogens in our food supply is a huge opportunity for cancer prevention,” said ...

Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to ...

Researchers from the Food Packaging Forum identify and discuss nearly 200 potential breast carcinogens that have been detected in food contact materials (FCMs) on the market. Many nations have food ...

Plastic waste is a global problem, and the food sector is one of its main drivers. It only takes a quick visit to a ...

Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers. Plastic bottles filled with soft drinks. These are just a few types of food packaging that ...

As a global industry that continues to expand, the food processing sector now uses an ever expanding range of equipment and machinery to cook, prepare and package food products. Food processing ...

That works out to be 25% of known food contact chemicals, sometimes called FCCs. Among the worrying aspects of their findings was just how little is known about most of the chemicals, particularly ...

A new study shows thousands of chemicals seep into foods from their packaging. How you can limit your exposure.

“We know that many chemicals leach from food packaging into foodstuffs, but lack hazard data and information on human exposure for most,” says Muncke. But we do know that there are risks from ...

A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process. Of that number, 79 chemicals are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, and endocrine and ...

The confetti effect involves using the same colour as the product, albeit a few shades brighter and meshed on top to make food colour more intense. But for most packaging, the colours sit beside ...