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

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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in our modern world, and they are used in a wide variety of applications. One area where plastics have proven especially valuable is in rigid packaging.  Rigid plastic ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have known for many years that chemicals can spill out of food packaging into the food itself. Photo / 123rf Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled ...

Forget FOMO — this candle is perfect for the dog-parent-meets-homebody, with 80 hours of burn time to enjoy during a quiet ...