Category: food packaging

Australian Packaging Industry Hit With Waste-Busting Rules

June 9, 2023
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Australia’s packaging industry will be forced to clean up its act under mandatory waste-busting regulations that will also deal with harmful chemicals used to contain food. It’s been known for some time that the industry would face regulation, after it failed to meet the voluntary targets to cut landfill by ramping up the recovery and reuse…

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Majority of Canadians Want to Keep ‘Best Before’ Date Labels on Food Packaging: Survey

August 25, 2022
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Most Canadians oppose eliminating the “best before” dates on food packaging to reduce food waste, a recent survey shows. The survey, co-conducted by the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University and the Angus Reid Institute, found 30 percent of the 1,500 Canadians surveyed oppose removing the foods expiry date, while 32 percent say they strongly oppose…

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Daniel Neman: Hard-to-Open Packages: The Readers Respond

April 18, 2022
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By Daniel Neman From St. Louis Post-Dispatch I seem to have touched a nerve. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about how hard it can be to open tight jars and plastic bags. Then, to be perfectly honest, I more or less forgot about it. But it turns out, I and the 89-year-old reader…

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Mothers’ Milk Positive for Chemicals Causing Birth Defects

June 6, 2021
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In the 20th century, scientists developed a group of complex, manmade chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In the past decade, researchers have found these chemicals contaminating drinking water and the environment. Current research measures them at alarming rates in breast milk. The properties of these substances include oil and water repellency, temperature resistance,…

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