With the breakneck pace of development in nanotechnologies, it is well to update ourselves regarding progress, if any, in the realm of food packaging.
On June 7, 2007, the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and the Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) held a joint meeting with invited experts to begin discussing possible applications of engineered nanomaterials for use in packaging case studies (see sidebar below). Based on that discussion, three hypothetical applications w…