Storm in a packet of sprinkles

Ink residues can get into our food from packaging made of recycled paper. How harmful that is, we don’t know. ‘In decades toxicologists have not managed to assess the risks.’ Meanwhile sector watchdog Foodwatch is stirring up public opinion.
The concern is focused on two categories of substance, known as MOSH and MOAH. Both get into food packaging after the recycling of magazines and newspapers printed with ink. The substances can ‘migrate’ from the packaging into the food it contains. There are also ways such substances can end up in our food during production processes – through lubricants on machines – and transportation – through bulk packaging (WUR Resource, 9 September 2016).
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