21 Mar 2024 --- New research has revealed that 90% of the PFAS chemicals in food packaging are not included in any regulatory or industry inventories used during chemical manufacturing. The findings also show that hazard data is available for only 57% of the PFASs detected in F&B packaging. Conducted by scientists at the Food Packaging Forum Foundation in Switzerland, the research has strengthened calls for a blanket ban on PFAS chemicals, which number around 13,000. For PFASs for which toxicity testing has been performed, many adverse outcomes have been discovered.
