Managing Editor Tetra Pak now offers a tamper-evident Wing Cap on some packaging, allowing cartons to be opened in one step, without foil or plastic tabs, and then resealed.
For understandable reasons, during the pandemic, retailers and consumers alike became preoccupied with safety. One particular focus has been on keeping surfaces clean to prevent the spread of COVID-19 via fomites (objects or materials likely to carry infection). Although, as the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises, “The risk of infection by the virus from food products, food packaging or bags is thought to be very low,” worries persist, so the packaging industry is meeting this heightened need for safety with products designed to guard against viral infection, even as such perennial issues as spoilage and tampering continue to be addressed with new offerings.