A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has recommended the EU Commission reconsider the Specific Migration Limit (SML) for zinc after evaluating a food contact material (FCM) application.
Alginate as a coating polymer can prevent dyes from leaching out of certain oxygen-indicating packaging films when they come into contact with water, according to research.
Nanoscale titanium dioxide particles could be the next breakthrough
in food and beverage plastic packaging, having the ability to
prevent ultraviolet light from reducing shelf life.