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FDA Ends Sales of Food Packaging Containing PFAS
A voluntary phaseout of PFAS chemicals in U.S. food contact packaging has been fulfilled, eliminating a significant source of dietary exposure to the substances for consumers.
March 4, 2024
The FDA in 2020 initiated a voluntary phaseout of some short-chain PFAS for use in food-contact packaging, which is now complete.
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UK Pharmacy Launches Blister Pack Recycling Plan
Customers can dispose of their used blister packs, a packaging form notorious for its recycling difficulties, in designated bins at participating stores.
February 23, 2024
Boots launches recycling pilot scheme for blister packs.
Sustainability
Mono-material Cheese Pack Launch Coincides with Recycling Center
The PP mono-material pack provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance. And printability allows the brand and recycling messages to pop.
February 21, 2024
The mono-material solution provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the supermarket shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance.
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Last-Mile Pollution Hits Homes Near Hubs
Though the study focused on consumer goods, it’s a good reminder for the life science community to consider how shipping and the rise in home healthcare impact air quality, while delivering undeniable patient benefits.
January 31, 2024
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Consumer Reports Finds BPA and Phthalates in Foods
BPA and phthalates are “widespread” in various types of supermarket foods, according to a Consumer Reports study.
January 30, 2024
Almost all sampled supermarket and fast food products included phthalates in a Consumer Reports study.
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2024 Challenges in User-Centered Design
A panel at Pharmapack discussed competing challenges in designing healthcare packaging and devices, where sustainability or anti-counterfeiting may be in conflict with simplicity for the user.
January 29, 2024
From left at Pharmapack Europe: Tom Oakley, Springboard; Aline Noizet, Digital Health Connector; Oliver Haferbeck, Gerresheimer; Eric Chanie, Merck; and James Fries, Rx-360.
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Incentivized Program Increases Cannabis Packaging Recycling
A Massachusetts cannabis company has set a program in place to encourage consumers to redeem, recycle, and allow the company to even reuse the plastic packaging in certain cases.
January 18, 2024
Cannabis packaging recycling program takes off in Massachusetts.
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2024 Worldstar Pharma and Medical Award Winners Announced
Winners include an electronic nasal lockout device to prevent overuse of pain medication, a recycle-ready blister, easy-to-open implant packaging, and more.
January 9, 2024
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Top 10 of 2023 - #4: Healthcare Takeback Schemes 101
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2023. At #4, a consultant offered a primer on takeback and recycling schemes for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices, offering core principles, business benefits, and more.
January 2, 2024
Ellen Struthers, principal consultant, Anthesis Group, presented at Pharmapack Europe 2023.
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Top 10 of 2023 - #10: Women-founded Startup Pilots Sustainable Rx Packaging
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2023. Ten independent pharmacies piloted Parcel Health’s 100% paper-based, FSC-certified, compostable medication packaging. Third-party child-resistance testing is underway.
December 22, 2023
Parcel Health has set its eye on minimizing pharmaceutical packaging waste, starting with its first product, a pill bottle replacement called the Phill Box™.
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PFAS and Other Contaminants Found in Food Process Wastewater
PFAS concentrations and other contaminants found in some food process wastewater are raising concerns about environmental impacts.
December 12, 2023
Laura Hubbard collecting treated wastewater samples at a food processing facility.
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Get Recognized for Your Hard Work and Bright Ideas
Started up a new plant or expanded food safety? Created a sustainability project to help meet environmental goals? We’d like to hear about it—and tell your peers why you deserve accolades.
December 7, 2023
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Diageo & Bacardi's Circular Spirits Format Emerges by Land, Sea, & Casino
The big spirits brands and their channel partners seek to eliminate tons of single-use packaging waste in bars, casinos, and even cruise ships with the disruptive ecoTOTE and SmartPour reusable packaging format.
December 7, 2023
A bar or restaurant that serves a sufficient quantity of a certain spirit—say Smirnoff as a house vodka, or Bacardi Superior as a house rum—can simply swap out these large glass bottles into a dispensing device behind the bar, akin to a watercooler or beer tap.
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Alternative Protein Sector, Despite Setbacks, Looks Healthy
A Horizons report from CRB takes an in-depth look at alternative proteins, detailing a still nascent industry that is learning how to succeed at production scale.
November 26, 2023
The cultivated meat sector is maturing, as are other alternative proteins, including mycelium-based meats and precision fermentation.
Sustainability
Coke, Nestle and Danone’s Recycling Claims Questioned by BEUC
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has raised concerns about the accuracy of recycling claims on plastic bottles, suggesting they mislead consumers.
November 22, 2023
Coke, Nestle And Danone’s Recycling Claims Questioned
Sustainability
FDA Monitoring Regulations for PFAS
The FDA is currently monitoring a phase-out of short chain PFAS and proposing regulatory changes to improve its ability to revoke food contact authorizations for such substances.
November 20, 2023
The FDA's proposed changes to food contact notification regulations would apply to all food contact substances, not just PFAS.
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Cocofloss Strives for Sustainable Smiles
Aiming for oral and planetary health, floss is composed of recycled water bottles while their partners deliver vibrant, paper-based secondary packaging.
November 14, 2023
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Sustainability
Upcycling Producer Rescues Produce, Other Foods From Demise
Loop Mission is working to save fruits, vegetables, and a range of food byproduct from landfills. High pressure processing has been instrumental to achieving this circular economy model.
November 8, 2023
Loop Mission began as Loop Juice, focused on rescuing fruits and vegetables to make cold-pressed juices.
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