The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a webpage on micro- and nanoplastics in food, which asserts the available scientific evidence “does not demonstrate that levels of microplastics or nanoplastics detected in foods pose a risk to human health.”
Although FDA’s statement notes that some evidence does suggest that microplastics and nanoplastics are entering the food supply, it also adds the caveat that there is insufficient evidence to conclude whether micro- and nanoplastics from plastic food packaging migrate into foods and beverages.