Board of Health Hears Stop & Shop Plastics Update

Board of Health · Meeting of October 19, 2026

YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Board of Health heard that Stop & Shop still struggles to meet the town's year-old plastic reduction regulation. Kristina Dwyer, director of quality assurance at Ahold Delhaize USA, told the board fiber packaging can't yet handle bakery cakes or hot rotisserie chicken without compromising food safety or product visibility. Vice Chair Mary Craig pushed for a fiber-and-film cake box, saying "it killed me to just put it in the recycling." The board approved amended October 5 minutes correcting vote-recording omissions and a vaccine-type error, heard that last week's flu clinic drew 37 attendees and gave 55 shots, and reviewed new rental permits costing $80 for long-term and $180 for short-term rentals under revised state short-term rental rules.

In the full story:

• Call to Order and Quorum
• Public Comment
• Breast Cancer Awareness Presentation
• Plastic Reduction Regulation: Stop & Shop Compliance Update
• Review of October 7, 2026 Plastic Reduction Committee Meeting
• Review and Approval of October 5, 2026 Minutes
• New and Old Business
• Adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,362 words

Source: the Board of Health meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.