date:Jan 07, 2016
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to ban three chemicals that are used in pizza packaging boxes and other food packaging.
The three perfluorinated compounds proposed to be banned are - Diethanolamine salts of mono- and bis phosphates, Pentanoic acid, and Perfluoroalkyl. All these substances are kinds of perfluoroalkyl ethyl.
The plan to ban perfluoroalkyl ethyl type of food packaging comes following a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Food