024: Dangers of Plastic Food Packaging with Dr. Jane Muncke
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Plastic food packaging indeed protects our food but it can also be the source of chemical food contamination and increased risk in health. We don\\u2019t know every material used in making these packaging and this knowledge gap can actually hurt us.
Join me in this episode as we unfold the different packaging materials and chemicals that touch our food with Dr. Jane Muncke, the Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Food Packaging Forum.\\xa0
In this conversation, she talks about the different packaging materials that are used to package food. She also explains the chemical migration in our food packaging, how plastic is made, what materials are considered safe that could pass the toxicology tests,\\xa0 and many more!
In this Episode, We Discuss:
- Different materials used in food packaging
- The known unknowns
- The chemical migration in our food packaging
- Single-use and reusables
- Plastic materials that could pass the toxicology test
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Get to know Jane Muncke:
Dr. Jane holds a doctorate degree in environmental toxicology and an MSc in environmental science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
She currently works as a Managing Director at the Food Packaging Forum, a science communication organization that provides independent and balanced information on issues related to food packaging and health. She is a full scientific member of the Society of Toxicology, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Endocrine Society.
You can learn more about Dr. Jane\\u2019s work and achievements here.
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References from this episode:
- Food Packaging Forum
- Subscribe here and stay up to date with the Food Packaging Forum\\u2019s newsletter and read about the latest news and scientific research!
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