Alliance for
Sustainable Packaging for Foods
Reducing single-use packaging waste while maintaining food safety and product quality
The Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods was launched to engage with regulators, governments, researchers and civil society organizations to ensure that packaging regulations for food achieve environmental sustainability without compromising food safety and product quality, and without increasing carbon footprint of the industry. Read the press release on the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods with founding alliance member's quotes.
Why create the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods?
- Pending packaging regulations in the EU have requirements that could impact food safety, quality, food loss/waste and Carbon footprint of the foods.
- Fast moving regulations in Canada threaten the fresh categories by banning all plastics.
What does the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods do?
- Educate regulators and inform nongovernmental organizations on the role of packaging for food consumption, food safety and product quality, specifically in the EU, Canada and USA.
- Identify needs and facilitate research to ensure packaging regulations for food achieve environmental sustainability without compromising food safety and product quality.
Who is part of the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods?
IFPA partners with key partner organizations to lead efforts to harmonize global packaging regulations that are effective against single-use packaging waste while maintaining the benefits of food safety and quality, reducing food loss and waste, without incurring additional carbon footprint.