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This article discusses the sum of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions impacting food packaging. It also looks at why the "Generally Recognized As Safe" (GRAS) provision was originally established, and why it may still be considered useful.

Ideal for harsh washdown environments, the hygienically designed Eagle Pack 400 HC with PXT offers dual energy technology, superior contaminant detection, and inline quality checks. It meets NAMI standards and IP69 specifications, ensuring food processors stay audit-ready.

This article discusses recent development on food labeling regulations in the U.S., including the "clean" label trend and the impact of FDA's policies in this area, "healthy" label claims, and the need for innovation to allow for product development and meet consumer demands.

In this article, CDC characterizes the current landscape around consumer knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to food irradiation, and explores the potential impact on reduction of foodborne illness.

A laboratory study and large-scale commercial wheat mill trial demonstrated that a bacteriophage cocktail can significantly reduce Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 contamination throughout milling operations without affecting the baking qualities of flour.

Despite a lack of scientific support to justify a carcinogenic risk determination, hundreds of companies have been sued under California's Prop 65 for failing to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning on food products containing acrylamide.

PPG is expanding its easy-open end coatings for aluminum beverage cans to include lid coating series that have been formulated without the use of bisphenol A (BPA) or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Key Technology’s new COMPASS belt-fed optical sorter delivers exceptional foreign material and defect removal for food products that cannot be handled by chute-fed sorters.

Switzerland has banned bisphenol A (BPA) and other hazardous bisphenols in food contact materials, but the regulation’s definition of hazardous BPAs is based on the chemicals’ molecular structure—notably leaving out some common, possibly harmful bisphenols like bisphenol M and bisphenol P.

U.S. Representatives have reintroduced the Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025 to Congress, which would require FDA to reevaluate the safety of chemicals—including “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) substances, food dyes, and food contact substances—every three years.