Consumer and Environmental Safety: Food Packaging and Kitchenware

Learn how some kitchenware can affect your health

Food safety is highly regulated. Yet, one blind spot is the migration of molecules from contact materials in kitchenware into food. Particular attention needs to be placed on chemicals present at low doses but acting on the endocrine system over a long time.

On this course, you’ll learn about these endocrine disrupters and their potential impact on human health and the environment.

You’ll evaluate how chemicals can migrate from packaging and slowly affect our endocrine health, and how tests can check for safety. Ultimately, you’ll better understand how we can improve food safety in general.

This course is for anyone interested in potential health risks derived from food packaging and kitchenware, and in particular from chemicals migrating from packaging into food and drink.

This could include healthcare workers, parents, pregnant women, and anyone with an interest in health and food safety.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on food system:

• Trust in Our Food: Understanding Food Supply Systems
• From Waste to Value: How To Tackle Food Waste
• Understanding Food Labels
• Revolutionising The Food Chain With Technology

This course is for anyone interested in potential health risks derived from food packaging and kitchenware, and in particular from chemicals migrating from packaging into food and drink.

This could include healthcare workers, parents, pregnant women, and anyone with an interest in health and food safety.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on food system:

• Trust in Our Food: Understanding Food Supply Systems
• From Waste to Value: How To Tackle Food Waste
• Understanding Food Labels
• Revolutionising The Food Chain With Technology

• Reflect on the importance of safe food packaging and kitchenware in your daily life and choices
• Evaluate how chemicals can migrate from packaging and slowly affect our endocrine health
• Assess how chemical and biological tests are done and evaluate their importance for safety
• Describe the professional roles of all stakeholders in the business of food safety in general
• Discuss the topics of the course with increased knowledge and contribute to global awareness
• Interpret information and news with increased critical sense, especially when dealing with consumers’ health and protection