Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy and practice. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy. It includes the study of values ("the ethics of the ordinary") relating to primary care and other branches of medicine.
An EU initiative developed a new process to recycle plastic waste for food packaging. This resource enables industry to conform to European Commission regulations on recycled plastic materials and parts intended to come into contact with foods.