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With each passing year, new and emerging technologies and techniques that have promise for advancing food safety are developed and validated. This article summarizes the top food safety innovations of 2023, based on audience interest. 

SÜDPACK has enhanced its flexible food packaging films for thermoforming applications, such as for fishery products. The new Multifol Extreme combines maximum functionality and lightweight efficiency.

Brands, retailers, and post-consumer package handlers are focused on adding value with PFAS-free packaging. This article discusses how PFAS alternatives are gaining prominence, with PFAS-free packaging entering the food packaging industry ahead of schedule.

The added microbial risks that come with eating more plant-based foods can usually be mitigated by adjusting recipes or process parameters, although hazard considerations regarding the chemical safety of a diet richer in plant-based materials is more complex. Also, introducing reusable packaging may come with its own set of issues.

AMETEK MOCON has released the Dansensor® CheckMate 4, its premier headspace analyzer for precise and reliable quality control of foods packaged in modified atmosphere (MAP).

Enhancing sustainability by reducing product waste and extending shelf life, new TekniPlex Edge Pull® and Simply Tab® liners are suitable for variety of bottles and jars used in food and beverage applications.

Avantium has announced a collaboration with Albert Heijn, a store chain in the Netherlands that is part of Ahold Delhaize, to make packaging more sustainable through the use of Avantium's 100 percent plant-based and circular material polyethylene furanoate (PEF).

SÜDPACK has expanded the range of use for its Sustainable Print Quality (SPQ) printing process to also include rotogravure printing.

The Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully Act (Real MEAT Act) has been reintroduced to the U.S. Senate, and it would clarify the definition of beef and pork for labeling purposes by requiring alternative proteins to clearly display the word “imitation” on their packaging.

SN Maschinenbau and SÜDPACK have entered into a partnership to create an innovative concept for the in-house production of stand-up pouches with spouts designed for packaging pasty and liquid products. The concept is intended for food producers and fillers of thick and thin fluid products—such as fruit purées, smoothies and other liquids—who have up to now been using pre-made spout pouches.