Busting toxic chemicals in food-contact packaging

摘要

Chemicals have earned the notoriety of being, in many instances, toxic. It may be true for substances that require care and precision in handling. However, chemicals are useful components in materials that we practically use in our daily lives.This is more so in plastics packaging, where chemicals are part of the manufacturing process. The worst enemy of packaged food and drinks is contamination by not only organisms causing food spoilage, but also chemicals inherently used for producing packaging materials and to enhance functionality of materials.These can also potentially contaminate the products on contact, studies say.