Today's Food Packaging Puts Safety First
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, f...