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Food packaging like burger wrappers and take-out containers have long contained forever chemicals. The FDA says it's stopping that. (Getty Creative) (Daniel Lozano Gonzalez via Getty Images)
The FDA said PFAS — once commonly found in a range of products, including pizza boxes, fast-food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags — are no longer used in food packaging.
SEE MORE: Study finds 'forever chemicals' increase risk of thyroid cancer Following a market-wide safety assessment of PFAS packaging, the FDA in 2020 asked manufacturers to end the sale of ...
In a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) study, lipophobic fluorotelomer-based paper coatings (which can be applied to food contact paper in the concentration range of 0.4%) were found to contain 88,000–160,000 parts per billion PFOA before application, while the oil from microwave popcorn bags contained 6–290 parts per billion PFOA ...
Microwave popcorn is a convenience food consisting of unpopped popcorn in an enhanced, sealed paper bag intended to be heated in a microwave oven. In addition to the dried corn, the bags typically contain cooking oil with sufficient saturated fat to solidify at room temperature, one or more seasonings (often salt ), and natural or artificial ...
Microwave popcorn often contains high amounts of salt and flavorings, and may contain chemicals. “Make sure to take a look at the nutrition facts label and serving sizes when consuming a ...
Microwave popcorn might deliver all the buttery, salty goodness we crave, but it comes with tons of fat, sodium, and chemicals didn't bargain for. 5 Reasons You Should Never Eat Microwave Popcorn ...
Movie nights call for popcorn, and in my house that means anything from a bag of Pirate’s Booty to a giant bowl of homemade stove-top popcorn bathed in butter. But there’s one type of popcorn ...