As part of WBUR’s new newsletter, “Cooked,” my challenge was to purchase a week’s worth of food and leave the store without any plastic in my bag. That means no jugs of juice, cellophane ...

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

Plastic is everywhere, and it’s never been a better time to replace your plastic kitchen tools with safer alternatives. Shop ...

When trying to evaluate a plastic food storage container for durability and safety, ... it will start to crack, chip, warp and, to a lesser concern, smell and discolor,” he said.

A North Carolina-based company has issued a recall of its ground beef product after a consumer found an unexpected ingredient in the product – blue plastic chips. Vantage Foods of Lenoir, North ...

The FDA and Nestle also shared photos of the packaging for Nestlé Toll House Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling products. The UPC code found on the back of these recalled ...

Nestlé USA recalled ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestle Toll House stuffed chocolate chip cookie dough with fudge filling products because of the potential presence of white plastic pieces.

Thin, flexible plastics — like plastic bags, food wrap and packing material — are among the least likely to get recycled. They get tangled up in the machinery at recycling facilities and can ...

The recall involves boxes of 5-pack mini chocolate chips due to possible pieces of plastic in the individual packaging pouch, according to the product's manufacturer, Bimbo Bakeries USA.

Food packaging equipped with such microbe monitors could help curb the spread of foodborne illness, which kills about 420,000 people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization.

Nestlé USA issued a voluntary recall of its ready-to-bake refrigerated stuffed chocolate chip cookie dough with fudge filling due to the potential presence of white plastic pieces. The company ...