food packaging
08/04/2018
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By Frances Bloomfield
Billions of dollars in food wasted annually thanks to “use by” date on food labels
Over a billion tons of food is wasted every year, and the cause may lie in the label. Norbert Wilson, Professor of Food Policy in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, asserts that “use by” food dates are to blame for food waste. Of food waste, Wilson has theorized that consumers buy food […]
05/08/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Nanoparticles found in canned goods might be damaging your digestive tract
If you eat a lot of commercial canned food, you might be causing serious damage to your gut. A landmark study warned that the contents of certain canned foods have been contaminated by zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. These tiny particles could hurt the digestive tract, according to a ScienceDaily article. Conducted by a research team from […]
03/19/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
How safe is your food’s packaging?
If you’re like most people, you load cereal boxes, loaves of bread in transparent plastic and other must-haves into the grocery cart without knowing that they passed through a lot of hands before they reached the shelves. Little do you know that the thin plastic wrap which is supposed to protect the fresh tomatoes you […]
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