The MAHA Commission's actions on food chemical safety, GRAS determinations, and other food safety and nutrition issues are occurring against a backdrop of the reduced FDA workforce and a thinner budget
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.
Fabcon provides processing solutions for the snack food, french fry, and protein industries—including processing, product handling, sorting, precision flavoring, weighing and packing systems.
Researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed a method of detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging, water, and soil samples in three minutes or less.
Is coronavirus transmission by food or food packaging a valid concern? Here’s what we know and what we should be doing in the current absence of clear causality.
The Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (FSAP), a technical committee of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), has released a product stewardship document for food packaging. The product of an FSAP food brand owners working group, participating companies aim to provide a list of best practices for all of the food packaging supply chain to access.
Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about food safety. They’re also engaging more frequently with retailers and food companies about the safety of food packaging.