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PACKAGING
44 FOOD SAFETY

while handling customer-owned customised products. It is the first manufacturers, food producers and
containers in direct sales contact. sustainable packaging tool to consumers are aware of the
incorporate the presence of substances in the materials that touch
One resource that can help tackle this chemicals of concern in foodware food (and where they end up). To
challenge is the Understanding and packaging products alongside achieve this, here are some actions a
Packaging (UP) Scorecard. The UP more common measurements like business can take:
Scorecard is a free online tool CO emissions, water use and
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produced by a coalition of food recoverability. Use of the UP • Request a list from any packaging /
service companies, NGOs and Scorecard has also been endorsed food processing equipment
technical experts (including members and recommended by the World supplier of the substances in the
of the Food Packaging Forum) to help Business Council for Sustainable food contact materials that the
purchasers compare foodware and Development’s SPHERE Packaging business buys. The UP Scorecard
food packaging options in an Framework. website has a 3-tiered list of
“apple-to-apple” comparison across chemicals-of-concern. Ensure that
six different human and To address chemical migration and the chemicals in the business’s
environmental health impact areas. better protect human health in the FCMs are not on the list.
longer term, society needs to simplify
Scores can be customised based on food contact materials and increase • Ask local waste operators directly
European or US life cycle assessment transparency along the supply chain what materials can be recycled or
data and users can create and score to ensure that packaging composted in order to purchase

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