The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a final rule amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of bisphenol-A (BPA)-based epoxy resins as coatings in infant formula packaging because this use has been...

A new year often heralds a flurry of resolutions, predictions and trends. In our Top Trends for 2014 article on p.14, leading packaging executives at major brand owners talk about costs, collaboration, competition, sustainability and more...

Many packaging materials, past and present, are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which quickly clears the way for the products to be used commercially. However, the GRAS review process itself has...

Many packaging materials are used on the basis that they are “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a process which can quickly clear the way for products to be used commercially. However, the GRAS...