In its latest food-related initiative, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is now urging the Food and Drug Administration and state attorneys general to “crack down” on “slack fill” in food packaging that does not conform to federal regulations.
Slack fill is the food industry’s term for space within boxes/ packaging not taken up by food/ingredients, or the difference between the capacity of a container and the volume of product inside.
Federal regulations limit slack fill to instances in which leaving some air in the packaging helps protect the contents, or settling of the contents makes some slack fill unavoidable.
CSPI contends that violations of these regulations are “commonplace,” and represent a form of consumer deception. “Unfortunately, the law is full of loopholes, and doesn’t seem to be enforced,” wrote CSPI executive Michael F. Jacobson in an editorial in the organization’s “Nutrition Action Healthletter.”
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