Food Packaging and Its Environmental Impact
The Institute of Food Technologists has issued a Scientific Status Summary on food packaging and its impact on the environment. Here is a synopsis.
Advances in food processing and packaging play a primary role in keeping the United States food supply one of the safest in the world. Packaging protects food between processing and usage by the consumer. Following usage, food packaging must be removed in an environmentally responsible manner. Packaging technology must therefore balance food protection with other issues, including energy and material costs, heightened social and environmental consciousness, and strict regulations on pollutants a…
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