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This tag collects practical guides on food-contact packaging, covering how materials and claims interact with real use conditions. Articles examine PFAS-free claims, the difference between intentionally added substances and analytical detection, and EU, U.S. and California rule structures. Recycled content is addressed through PCR versus PIR definitions, claim calculations and compliance, while fiber packaging topics explain bleaching routes and why color alone does not establish safety or sustainability. Barrier-system alternatives to PFAS and molded-fiber performance with hot, oily food are also covered, linking wet strength, fiber bonding, coating choice and finished geometry to specific foodservice requirements.
FDA explains that an effective food-contact notification is specific to its manufacturer, substance and conditions of use; a similar resin name is insufficient.
Paper and board food packaging falls under the EU food-contact framework, while material-specific national provisions can still matter.
Regulation 2022/1616 distinguishes recycling technologies, processes and installations. Recycled-content evidence alone does not establish food-contact suitability.
Regulation 10/2011 connects composition, migration and intended use. Its declaration is meaningful only when the finished construction and conditions match.
Sun Chemical reports upgraded low-migration UV flexo inks and customer trials. Its claims do not establish unconditional safety or compliance of finished food packs.
Oxygen scavengers, moisture absorbers, ethylene control, antimicrobials, desiccants and corrosion inhibitors can protect valuable products—but every active function adds chemistry, components or layers that must earn their place.
Food delivery packaging is no longer just a container choice. Hot mains, cold sides, fried foods, sauces, steam, lids, stacking and courier motion create different failure modes that must be…
A promising material is not a commercial package. This commercialization funnel follows technical readiness, manufacturing, converting, compliance, customer qualification, capacity, economics and repeat orders.
Serious packaging sourcing begins with the application, not the material name. This buyer-side playbook covers performance, food contact, end-of-life claims, PFAS, sample approval, audits, traceability, change control, MOQ, logistics and…
Chitosan and alginate can provide oxygen, grease and active-packaging functions, but humidity, formulation, food-contact status and industrial converting determine where they actually work.
PLA can deform far below its melting point. Learn how Tg, crystallinity, annealing, nucleating agents, CPLA and stereocomplex PLA change real heat performance.
Molded fiber does not survive hot soup or oily food because cellulose is naturally waterproof. Performance comes from fiber bonding, hot pressing, wet-strength chemistry, barrier systems and finished-package geometry.
PFAS replacement is not one coating chemistry. Compare aqueous dispersions, starch, nanocellulose, PVA, sizing agents, shellac, biodegradable polyesters and hybrid systems by the barrier job they actually need to perform.
White and brown fiber packaging reveal something about pulp processing, but not nearly as much as buyers often assume. Bleaching status does not by itself prove safety, strength, recyclability or…
PCR and PIR are not interchangeable. This guide explains post-consumer versus manufacturing-stage recycled content, claim calculations, quality, food contact and current EU requirements.
PFAS-free is not one universal packaging definition. This guide separates intentionally added PFAS, targeted testing, fluorine screening and current EU/U.S. food-contact rules.
