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The Safest Food Package for Consumers
The can provides the best protection against deadly food-borne illnesses. It is the most
durable, most robust, tamper-resistant and tamper-evident food package on the market.
Every year, 48 million Americans fall ill and 3,000 die from food-borne diseases, according
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cans offer the best protection against such
outbreaks. The canning process itself kills off bacteria and other harmful agents and the durable,
rigid structure and air-tight seal keeps the flavor and nutrition locked in and any food-borne
pathogen locked out. It's like sealing your food in a vault, where it will be kept safe until the
time of consumption.
200 years of ensuring the safest food available
For more than 200 years, the metal can has provided consumers around the world with
safe, nutritious food. When the can was first invented, it was heralded as a technological
breakthrough. For the first time, food could be packed in a sealed, air-tight container that
preserved its nutritional value while locking out food-borne pathogens. Food that was canned
could withstand both time and distance – keeping food fresh long after the harvest and enabling
the transportation of nutritious food over long distances.
Since the introduction of the first metal can, innovations have made the package even more
robust and a better protector of food quality, safety and nutrition. Modern cans have a protective
coating that ensures the food never comes into contact with the metal and is kept fresh for
months or even years. Today, more than 1,500 different varieties of food are packed in metal
packaging, making locally grown seasonal foods globally available year-round.
Unprecedented food safety
Canned fruits and vegetables are picked at the peak of ripeness, cleaned and packed within mere
hours of being harvested. Once filled, the cans are permanently sealed, locking in flavor and
nutrition and locking out air, light and other elements that could damage the quality of the food.
Additionally, the canning process sterilizes the food, killing off any bacteria or other harmful
agents and ensuring a safe, nutritious, flavorful and ready-to-eat product for the consumer.
The can is also much more tamper-resistant and tamper-evident than other packaging options.
It is far more difficult to tamper with a product sealed in a metal can that it would be to tamper
with fresh or frozen food. Furthermore, in the extremely rare instance in which a food pathogen
found its way inside a can, that can would likely bulge and become physically distorted – thereby
signifying to the consumer that there is a problem and that the food should not be eaten. No
other package provides such a warning signal.
With tens of thousands of American's falling ill to food-borne illnesses each year, and with
disease outbreaks hitting nearly every corner of the world, food safety is rightfully a top priority
for consumers and health officials. And the can, as the most robust package available, provides
the best protection of food safety.
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