Food quality and safety are crucial. However, conventional food-monitoring methods, including ribotyping and polymerase chain reaction, tend to be destructive and lengthy. These shortcomings limit ...

Researchers developed a stretchable, antimicrobial food wrapper (NSSAW) that can monitor freshness in real time by detecting nutritional components, pesticides, and spoilage chemistry. The wrapper’s ...

(CNN) — Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report ...

Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter too much of the planet, posing a threat to wildlife and ...