There has been pub­lic con­cern over the safety of plas­tics in the food and bev­er­age indus­try for sev­eral years. Ebbs and surges in media cov­er­age and shift­ing pub­lic opin­ion about these main­stays of mod­ern life pose impor­tant ques­tions about what you need to know to make informed deci­sions about whether to use plas­tics and if so, which plas­tics are safer choices.