Packaging
Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary
Packaging is a other — Food packaging materials regulated as food additives because of potential migration into food
What it does
Food packaging materials regulated as food additives because of potential migration into food
Where you'll see it
plastic containers, cans, candy boxes, food wrappers
What the research says
Plastic tends to migrate into fatty foods especially when hot, so wrapped foods should be kept out of sun and microwave. Imported food cans may be sealed with potentially harmful chemicals. Packaging chemicals have been found in breast milk per recent studies and in people's blood worldwide.
Regulatory status
- Notes: Subject to FDA regulation under FDAC Act
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Plastic tends to migrate into fatty foods, especially hot ones, so such wrapped foods should be kept out of the sun and out of the microwave