CONTACT MATERIALS
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved an EU regulation on materials and articles in contact with food, allowing the use across Europe of 'intelligent materials' that inform consumers about the freshness of products. Until now, EU legislation had effectively banned many of these new packaging materials because of health concerns. The new regulation also requires adequate labelling, so consumers eat, prepare and store packaged food correctly. Furthermore, it bans substances used to mask food spoilage, for instance packaging that ...
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