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Coding, Printing & Labeling

COOL update

The fight over mandatory country-of-origin labeling goes on. According to those trying to get Congress to roll back the law and make such labeling voluntary, the producers who originally backed COOL are beginning to realize the costs and liabilities involved.

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More U.S.-Canada harmonization

GMA president C. Manly Molpus called on the governments of the United States and Canada to work toward greater harmonization of regulatory standards to promote increased trade and trade efficiency.

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Secondary Packaging

RJRT retrofits its future

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco modernizes case packers and robotic palletizers with updated controls.

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FDA not standing PAT

Food & Drug Administration hopes new cGMP initiative will open door to use of new drug packaging technology.

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Conveying & accumulation

Tropicana Europe: Air conveying/filling/accumulating/labeling/tray packing on aseptic filling lin

At Tropicana Europe’s new plant in Zeebrugge, Belgium, PET bottles are air-conveyed from depalletization to a new aseptic line from Procomac Industries.

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Labeling regulation updates

The European Union rules on biotech and food allergen labeling. In the United States, a trans fat label footnote and an FDA labeling law revision are addressed.

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Tamper-evident machinery

Smart Packaging 2004 announced

Smart Packaging 2004 is being launched alongside Labelexpo Americas 2004, taking place next year on the 14-15 of September at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago.

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No uniformity for 'green' labeling

“Green labeling is no longer a voluntary marketing tool. The use of various—and sometimes conflicting—symbols has become mandatory in 21 countries,” says Michele Raymond, publisher of Recycling Laws International.

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Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

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Companies

Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL) will purchase the plastic packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Co.

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GAO reports on COOL

The battle over mandatory country-of-origin labeling continued as the General Accounting Office weighed in with a report that examined several aspects of the U.S.

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Conveying & accumulation

Tropicana's juiced about aseptic bottle filling line (sidebar)

Downstream efficiency

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