Day: January 6, 2023

Inflation is hitting restaurants hard. What to expect when dining out in 2023 – National

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As inflation bites into people’s wallets, eating out is set to get even more expensive in Canada this year.

That’s according to Restaurants Canada, a national food service association with almost 30,000 members across the country.

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With food prices soaring amid decades-high inflation, Canadians have already seen their grocery and restaurant bills go up, and that is only expected to continue in the new year, said Kelly Higginson,

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European panel approves PET recycling technologies

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EFSA approved packaging from Greiner Packaging.

Greiner Packaging was one of several companies to get the go-ahead from the European Food Safety Authority to recycle post-consumer PET into 100% recycled-content food and drink packaging. | Courtesy of Greiner

A scientific review panel has given the green light to several different technologies to recycle post-consumer PET and polyolefins into 100% recycled-content food and drink packaging.

Over the past six months, a panel at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reviewed PET recycling technologies from EREMA, Kreyenborg and Starlinger. The committee, which is called the Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP), also reviewed

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