Food waste has become a worldwide problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), each European Union citizen on average throws away 179 kilos/395 pounds of usable food per year.

Active packaging encompasses a range of material systems designed to interact with food and its surrounding environment in order to extend shelf life, maintain quality and reduce waste. Unlike ...

Foodborne illness is caused by contamination with pathogenic microorganisms and chemical hazards like heavy metals. Exposed consumers may suffer from acute gastrointestinal disease or more serious ...

Food packaging and monitoring are a major focus of food industry-related nanotech research and development. Packaging that incorporates nanomaterials can be “smart,” which means that it can respond to ...

An active packaging system for seafood already used by major retailers across the US has been adopted for ecommerce and other direct-to-consumer channels. “SeaWell” technology from Aptar – Food ...

The BIOMAT research group has developed a single-layer, biodegradable container from agro-industrial by-products suitable for both liquid and solid oily products. The increase in the presence of ...

Across the globe, discarded food packaging is polluting public spaces and pushing already overloaded landfills to the brink. Recognizing the harm that this leftover packaging does to the environment ...

What have these three scenarios got in common? The tin of baked beans that urges you to buy it as you pass along the supermarket aisles (assuming you still shop for goods and they are not all ...

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US, has developed a 'smart' food packaging material that is ...

For consumers, convenience and quality have always reigned supreme, but environmental concerns have recently begun to transform expectations. QSRs are now pressured to deliver more than simply ...

A team of scientists has developed a 'smart' food packaging material that is biodegradable, sustainable and kills microbes that are harmful to humans. It could also extend the shelf-life of fresh ...