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The European Commission has taken the first step towards a report on front-of-pack nutritional labelling that may ultimately see a more unified approach taken across the whole of Europe.
The pact signatories are collectively responsible for over 80 per cent of the plastic packaging sold through UK supermarkets.
Scottish businesses have said they are ready to rise to the challenge the repatriation of regulation presents, but alignment in standards across the UK is critical.
The law claims to protect consumers by doing away with misleading labels. The ruling falls into a trend of controversy regarding how meat substitutes are marketed.
The tradition of chance meeting science continues after scientists 'inadvertently' engineer an enzyme better at breaking down plastics than its natural counterpart.
Newspapers in the UK have reported on the product's announcement as an example of the distinctive consumer habits associated with the millennial generation.
The traffic light system was favoured over the French and Scandinavian schemes.
Countries from across the Commonwealth have pledged to eliminate avoidable single-use plastic in a bid to clean up the world’s oceans.
The Swiss firm has joined a growing list of companies and authorities who are making pledges to cut their reliance on single-use plastics.
Food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which the digestive tract operates, according to new research by faculty and students at Binghamton University in New York.
Recent high-profile product recalls and withdrawals have shaken the confidence of retail buyers and consumers alike. To complicate matters, there has been considerable confusion when trying to distinguish between failures to follow guidance (which can be remedied) and serious, fraudulent or criminal activity. Nick Allen looks at what processors and…
Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa & the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.
Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty to the delicate but critical question of whether meat and other foods are safe to eat or need to be thrown out.
To reduce costs and impact on wild fish stocks, carnivorous fish are increasingly fed plant-based diets in aquaculture. However, the rapid development in aquaculture fish production has not been matched by new methods that accurately can trace the food chain supply in aquaculture production.
A team of Spanish scientists has investigated the environmental impact of egg production on a typical farm, in research that has implications for one of the biggest food industries in Europe.
