News tagged with food packages
Chemical engineers find high-yield method of making xylene from biomass
A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Cracking idea for egg shell recycling gets Food and Drink iNet support at Easter
Scientists and food industry experts are hatching a plan this Easter to turn egg shells into plastics that could be used to manufacture anything from food packaging to construction materials.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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NFC aid for the visually and hearing impaired
As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis
Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Products of biotechnological origin using vegetable and fruit by-products generated by the industry
More than 192 million tonnes of fruit and vegetable waste is produced in Europe every year. The continued use of oil as a raw material is a serious obstacle in the way of sustainable industrial development, ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Recycling thermal cash register receipts contaminates paper products with BPA
a substance that may have harmful health effects -- occurs in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts, scientists are reporting. The recycling of those receipts, they add, is a source of BPA contamination ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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China to step up fight against plastic addiction
China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of "white pollution" that clogs waterways, farms and fields.
May 29, 2011 |
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Australia proposes tough cigarette packaging rules
(AP) -- Tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to strip all logos from their cigarette packages and replace them with graphic images such as cancer-riddled mouths and sickly children under legislation unveiled Thursday ...
Apr 07, 2011 |
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'Nano-bricks' may help build better packaging to keep foods fresher longer
Scientists are reporting on a new material containing an ingredient used to make bricks that shows promise as a transparent coating for improving the strength and performance of plastic food packaging. Called "nano-bricks," ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Media character use on food packaging appears to influence children's taste assessment
The use of media characters on cereal packaging may influence children's opinions about taste, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Bisphenol A exposures lower in Canadians compared to Americans
Health Canada's declaration that bisphenol A is a health hazard makes it unique in the world but it must now follow through with legislation to protect people from exposure, states an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Killer paper for next-generation food packaging
Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Packaging that knows when food is going off
Packaging that alerts consumers to food which is starting to go off is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Feds propose graphic cigarette warning labels (Update)
(AP) -- Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs: These are some of the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels that will take up half of each cigarette package.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Dangerous chemicals in food wrappers likely migrating to humans: study
University of Toronto scientists have found that chemicals used to line junk food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food and being ingested by people where they are contributing to chemical contamination ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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