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MIT Scientists Develop Food Sensor That Can Detect Spoiled or Contaminated Food

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MIT engineers have designed a food sensor , made from an array of silk microneedles, that can pierce through the plastic packaging of foods to sample for bacterial contamination and spoilage. The Velco-like device pierces the packaging and the food via silk microneedles that suck in material through capillary action.

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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Manufacturers are actively looking at ways they can improve drug delivery through well-designed parenteral packaging systems, and the choice to deploy prefilled syringes for more and more injectable drug products is a key part of this push. Prefilled syringes offer a number of advantages over the more traditional glass vial.

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FDA Announces Slow Phase-Out of Certain PFAS Chemicals Used in Food Packaging

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary phase-out of certain types of grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food packaging. These chemicals help prevent grease and oil from seeping through the packaging. Why PFAS in Food Packaging Is a Problem. Yet PFAS are finding their way into our bodies.

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Packaging Solutions for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Insights and Considerations

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A container closure system consists of all the packaging components that contain and protect a pharmaceutical product. They provide specific guidance on packaging requirements for closed closure integrity (CCI) and general integrity testing. Container Closure Systems. Container closure systems are highly regulated by health agencies.

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Opinion: Report: More people should be tested for potential exposure to ‘forever chemicals’

STAT News

Although researchers have known about the impact of these chemicals for years, there has been little guidance available for clinicians. communities.

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Preliminary Study Results Indicate COVID-19 Might be Able to Travel on Food

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The study, “ Seeding of outbreaks of COVID-19 by contaminated fresh and frozen food ,” was published in the journal BioRxiv which circulates preliminary findings that have not been scrutinized by peer review. Related: Garden Gourmet’s Plant-Based Tuna Exploits Market ‘White Space’. “An

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Macroplastics and Microplastics in Food: Implications for the Food Industry

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These tiny particles, primarily from environmental contamination, can infiltrate the food supply. Plastics are ubiquitous in consumer and industrial products, ranging from packaging to automotive parts. Microplastics and nanoplastics primarily contaminate food through environmental exposure where crops and livestock are raised.