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Food packaging has come a long way over the last decade, those of you in the food manufacturing business—as well as those, like me, on the materials science side—have witnessed a rapidly rolling movement placing environmental friendliness at the top of priorities lists.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a public inventory of certain food ingredients that the agency has determined to have unsafe uses in food because they are unapproved food additives and lists of select chemicals currently under the agency’s review.

Consumers must be able to rely upon and trust allergen claims, not second guess or wonder whether a product that says “may contain” or makes soft claims like “nut-free” are safe to consume.

Survey results show an increase in demand for products, but supply chain and labor issues are preventing food manufacturers from a corresponding increase in revenue.

Andy Dratt, EVP and chief commercial officer for Imbibe, urged the cannabis industry to turn to food science during his presentation for the Cannabis Drinks Expo, held Aug. 1 at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago.

The company provides brushless motor robotics geared for smart farming.

For an automated, wet Clean-in-Place process, a technician can push a cart with pre-programmed recipes and integrated water line hookups to tubular drag conveyors, facilitating quick sanitary compliance and production changeover.

Crops spoiling too quickly after harvesting or during transportation and manufacturing drives up prices and generates a vast amount of waste.

Efforts to increase the recyclability of packaging can begin before the package ever leaves the facility.