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Tag: Food Packaging

  • Study shows the lack of understanding of consumers on food contact materials

    15 Apr 2022

    German consumer organisation Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV) conducted a study on German consumers’ perception and knowledge of food packaging and food contact mater...

    Tags: FCM, food contact materials, Food Packaging

  • Empowering consumer organisations : the Dual Food Quality Conference

    08 Jul 2021

    The partners of the ECO-Empowering Consumer Organisations project were proud to present the achievements of their EU-project on Dual Food Quality during the final Eu...

    Tags: Consumers, dual food quality, European Commission, European Parliament, food label, Food Packaging

  • Coca-Cola and Pepsi falling short on pledges over plastic – report

    27 Apr 2020

    Pepsi and Coca-Cola have not publicly committed to reducing this by 2025, or to invest in reusables or refillables as part of this reduction, Tearfund said in its analysis. Read mo...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Plastics

  • Researchers declare hazardous chemicals in food packaging a ‘global health threat’

    12 Mar 2020

    A team of international researchers recently issued a warning concerning chemicals in single-use plastic and food packaging in general. More than 200 NGOs have signed a call to act...

    Tags: chemicals, Food Packaging, Packaged Food, REACH

  • ‘Use by’ or ‘best before’? Nestlé signs food waste pact to tackle label confusion on-pack

    10 Feb 2020

    The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has repeated its pleas that it wants to keep trading ties closely aligned with the EU’s after British prime minister Boris Johnson dismissed ...

    Tags: food label, Food Packaging, Food Policy, Food Waste

  • Banana Leaves used in Asian supermarkets to curb Plastic Packaging Waste

    05 Jun 2019

    Banning or reducing single-use plastic bags in supermarkets is a growing trend in Asia. The amount of plastic waste generated by Vietnamese people is approximately 2,500 tons of pl...

    Tags: Asia, Food Packaging, Plastics, Single-Use Packaging, Vietnam

  • EU Parliament backs microplastic bans to tackle plastic pollution

    11 Jul 2018

    On July 10, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voted to strengthen the Commission’s overall plans to cut plastic pollution, under the so-called Plastics Strategy. MEP...

    Tags: Environment, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Plastics

  • New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed

    04 Jul 2018

    EFSA has published its guidance on how to assess the safety of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications. The guidance focuses on the safety assessment for human and animal healt...

    Tags: Additives, EFSA, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Pesticides

  • Le cannucce di plastica permangono nei secoli: 500 anni per distruggersi

    02 Jul 2018

    Secondo gli studi del centro Enea, oltre l’80% dei rifiuti che invadono i litorali italiani è rappresentato da plastiche, che finiscono poi in mare dove nel corso degli anni div...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Italy, Plastics

  • Tackling food waste: turning nemesis into a saviour

    29 Jun 2018

    According to Dr Milka Sokolović from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), function of food packaging has traditionally been limited to passive protection from external ...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Waste

  • Catena italiana di prodotti sfusi apre negozio a Parigi

    06 Jun 2018

    “Negozio Leggero”, la catena italiana di prodotti senza imballaggi, sbarca a Parigi. Il 23 giugno apre il primo negozio del franchising nella capitale francese, in zona...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, France, Italy

  • Evolved Nutrition Label to be launched in some EU countries

    04 May 2018

    Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever will start to add the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) to products in some EU countries, they announced o...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Transparency

  • Plastic packaging fails to reduce food waste, study warns

    12 Apr 2018

    One of the main advantages of plastic packaging is that it keeps food fresher for longer, reducing food waste. But a new study by NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste ...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Waste, Plastics, Recycling

  • The edible solutions to the plastic-packaging crisis

    09 Apr 2018

    A UK startup making water containers from seaweed is one of many businesses thinking of food-based answers to the global problem of plastic. Can they catch on? Read the full articl...

    Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Plastics

  • Fakers, bakers and praline-makers fear bite of EU origin labels

    21 Mar 2018

    Following the Commission’s proposal for new legislation on so-called country of origin labelling, food companies fear that they will be forced to indicate the origin of the...

    Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, EU, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling, Transparency

  • Il y a des particules de plastique dans 93% des échantillons de grande marque d’eau

    15 Mar 2018

    L’eau en bouteille de nombreuses grandes marques à travers le monde est contaminée par de minuscules particules de plastique dont les dangers sur la santé sont méconnus, ...

    Tags: BPA, Consumers, Environment, Food Packaging, Food Safety

  • Are we poisoning our children with plastic?

    20 Feb 2018

    The chemical BPA is widely added to food and drink packaging, and more than 80% of teenagers have it in their bodies. But how dangerous is it? Read the full article on The Guardian...

    Tags: Babies, BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Plastics

  • In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger

    07 Feb 2018

    Facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, the Chilean government is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling r...

    Tags: Children, Consumers, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar

  • MEPs back down from EU bisphenol ban

    12 Jan 2018

    The European Parliament has shied away from demanding a full ban on bisphenol A, instead approving measures that will lower the amount of the chemical that can be part of food pack...

    Tags: BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, MEP

  • Food (labeling) fights

    04 Dec 2017

    Calorie and ingredient labels for alcohol and labels indicating the amount of fat, salt, sugar and other things in food are at the center of controversy. Read the full article on p...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Labelling, Palm oil, Sugar

  • Policymakers push for healthy eating choices at lunchtime

    02 Oct 2017

    It can be easy to make the wrong food choices during your lunch break. But policymakers are trying to make lunchtime a more satisfying, healthy experience for employees. Read the f...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Labelling, Obesity, Organic, Sugar

  • EU health chief says all alcoholic beverages should be labelled

    31 Aug 2017

    The European Commission wants the industry’s expected alcohol labelling self-regulatory proposal to cover all alcoholic beverages in order to avoid confusion among consumers. &n...

    Tags: alcoholic beverages, Consumers, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling

  • Food industry upset over obligatory labelling of origin of pasta and rice

    30 Aug 2017

    Italy’s decision to impose mandatory labelling on pasta and rice packaging has triggered protests from the food industry, which has called on the European Commission to cancel ...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling

  • Italian pasta labels test limits of EU law

    30 Aug 2017

    A dispute over pasta is set to shape the future of the EU’s single market. Unsurprisingly for a battle over spaghetti, it was Italy that fired the first shot. Rome last week pas...

    Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Italy, Labelling

  • Endocrine disruptors: EU definition contains ‘too many exemptions and loopholes’

    12 Jul 2017

    After years in the pipeline, an EU-wide definition of endocrine disruptors was finally approved by member states on 4 July. But MEP Pascal Durand told EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-F...

    Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone

  • EU experts agree on criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals in pesticides

    12 Jul 2017

    Experts from the 28 EU member states approved on Tuesday (4 July) a proposed list of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in plant protection products – a move presented by...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone

  • Health risks of materials in contact with food: tighter EU safety rules needed

    21 Oct 2016

    EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, MEP

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