Fibre Packaging Europe (FPE), a coalition of seven trade associations from Europe’s forestry, pulp, paper, board and carton production and recycling industries, argues for fiber-based food contact material, pointing to paper’s track record in ensuring food safety and circularity“Paper and board have a successful history of safe use in a range of food contact applications: these are, for example, tea bags, baking papers, filters, beverage cartons, sacks, packaging for dry and frozen foods, including transport and distribution packaging and tissue products,” an FPE spokesperson tells Packaging Insights.
