China Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 FDA Rules Chemicals In Pizza Boxes Are No Longer Safe SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A rule change could affect how your pizza arrives due to a potential health risk. The Food and Drug Administration announced it’s ready to ban three substances that are “used as oil and water repellents for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.” In other words, chemicals that help keep pizza grease from escaping the box. ... The FDA contends “there is no longer a reasonable uncertainty of no harm from the food contact use” of the substances. The FDA points to the biopersistence, or the accumulation of the chemicals the body isn’t able to remove completely. The petition for the change cites potential reproductive and developmental risk described by the FDA in a 2010 review. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 They are aware that people don't EAT the boxes, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Are you familiar with the concept of extractables and leachables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Are you familiar with the concept of extractables and leachables? Those are the little lunch kits they sell for kids right? I used to love those when I was little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yah I like the ham leachable that had the Reese's cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 now my wife has another reason to tell me i can't order a pizza thanks FDA, jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Also, I love the picture of someone eating Dominoes and watching this story on the news, and spitting it out mid-chew. "Wait, this pizza has health risks?! Aaaaigh!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Pizza isn't healthy. I'm shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 it is if you put vegetables on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 it is if you put vegetables on it. Special delivery instructions: "please place the icky green crap underneath the pizza to prevent chemicals from the boxes from touching my delicious meat/cheese/dough combination." Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Special delivery instructions: "please place the icky green crap underneath the pizza to prevent chemicals from the boxes from touching my delicious meat/cheese/dough combination." Problem solved. Actually, I would assume that at least one cheap way to solve the problem would be to just put a cheap, disposable, aluminum pan under the pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Actually, I would assume that at least one cheap way to solve the problem would be to just put a cheap, disposable, aluminum pan under the pizza. The pizza would probably get really soggy that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 We put a round cardboard piece between the pie & the box where I work...??? They are not part of the box assembly. Pizza comes out of the oven, goes onto the cardboard, cut, then into the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 http://www.theonion.com/video/horrified-subway-execs-assumed-people-were-buying--36800 Reminds me of this video The sandwich chain says it is 'deeply sorry' if customers mistakenly believed that eating an entire foot of food could somehow be considered healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Wow, we just ordered Dominos last night because no one in our house bothered to do the dishes for 3-4 days. I figure, I've already had two kids and wasn't planning on more, so I don't need to worry too much about reproductive risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BALLz Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Love the use of "no longer" in the headline. As if to say "if you've had pizza before don't worry, but from now on" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 So Pizza is a vegetable, but the box that it comes in can kill you? Good to know. (And yes, I'm still looking for an article showing congress was able to get through counting tomato paste as a vegetable, even though tomatoes are a fruit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Simple solution: cheese acts as a moisture barrier so simply put cheese on the bottom of the pizza too. You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Pepperoni grease. Keep adding cheese to various parts of the crust and there won't be any crust left. Right now I'm feeling like my grandparents who smoked most of their lives with a clear conscience. Ignorance truly is bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Sounds like Obama has declared war on pizza. First he wanted my guns, now he wants my pepperoni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Conspiracy to raise pizza prices now that oil is down!!! Damn liberals!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great no more pizza delivery Thanks Obama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Whoa. Wait what? This....this could be the end of pizza for breakfast. Alright that's it. Time to get some folks together and take over a park service snack area and demand delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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