Packaura
/ October 10, 2026
The little triangle stamped on a plastic container tells you what resin it’s made from — but it does not, by itself, tell you whether that container is legal to put food in. That distinction trips up a lot of packaging and compliance teams, especially
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Packaura
/ October 7, 2026
If your corrugated box touches produce, meat, seafood, or baked goods, the coating on that board isn’t a cosmetic choice — it’s a compliance one. Moisture barriers need to meet FDA food-contact rules, and increasingly they also need to survive a recycling mill without gumming
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Packaura
/ September 22, 2026
If you make or source food packaging, you’ve probably run into the acronym GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe — and wondered whether the resin, adhesive, coating, or additive in your material actually qualifies. It’s a fair question: GRAS status isn’t a single certificate you
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Packaura
/ July 21, 2026
If you sell prepacked food anywhere in the EU, your packaging has to satisfy Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers — usually shortened to the FIC Regulation, or just “1169.” It’s the single rulebook that replaced a patchwork of
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Packaura
/ July 5, 2026
If you run a restaurant, cafe, or catering business, “PFAS-free” has probably shown up on a supplier invoice, a state compliance notice, or a customer’s Instagram comment in the last year or two. It’s not a marketing buzzword you can safely ignore — a growing
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Packaura
/ March 10, 2026
How to choose a packaging supplier is one of the most consequential decisions a brand will make — get it wrong and you’re looking at months of delays, wasted inventory, and frustrated customers. Get it right, and your supplier becomes a genuine growth partner instead
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