Using Recycled Cardboard In Food Packaging Risks Contaminating Food With Mineral Oils

Harmful mineral oils from the printing inks used on cardboard can migrate into food if recycled cardboard is used for food packaging. It may contaminate food even if the recycled cardboard is used for the corrugated card transport box that holds individual packs…

Food Safety: Packaging From Recycled Cardboard May Transfer Unsafe Levels Of Mineral Oil

Concerns that foods packed in material made of recycled cardboard may contain mineral oil above agreed limits are causing some food companies to change their packaging material, and in one UK company’s case, to stop using recycled board altogether…