Coding, Printing & Labeling

1999 inductees into the PEF Hall of Fame

Newly elected to the Packaging Education Forum's Packaging Hall of Fame are three inductees selected from 20 candidates submitted earlier this year.

September 30, 1999

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Biotech food labeling

Consumers Union, a leading consumer advocacy organization, is the latest to weigh in on behalf of special labeling of biotech foods. In what is shaping up as a national and international controversy, the organization called on the government to require labeling of any domestic or foreign food product containing genetically modified ingredients.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Single food agency

Representatives of both the National Food Processors Assn. (NFPA) and GMA told a Senate subcommittee that a coordinated approach is preferable to a single food safety agency.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Universal Labeling Systems, Inc: Flat-product labeling

A new labeling system combining the SL2000 Stepper Drive from Universal Labeling Systems (St. Petersburg, FL) and Sure Feed's (St. Petersburg, FL) product handling system is designed for high-speed, flat-product labeling.

August 31, 1999

Sustainability

Putting a labeler to the test

Test kit maker Artel uses a new labeler to speed production and meet FDA standards.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

WestPack celebrates 50 years of packaging innovation

Featuring five specialty pavilions, including a new one for converters, WestPack 99 honors its history at the Anaheim Convention Center Sept. 28 to 30.

August 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Solutions 99 conference focuses on emerging technologies

Solutions 99 is the educational conference that will be part of Pack Expo Las Vegas, Oct. 18 to 20. Three mornings of seminars feature the latest topics in packaging. Pre-registration deadlines for the conference and for the show are Sept. 27.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

SPS/Phin Ltd. (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), formerly Stackpole Packaging Systems, is under new ownership and will again offer labelers based on existing SPS/Phin designs updated with the latest in control technology.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

International food labeling laws

The International Assn. of Consumer Food Organizations (IACFO)--founded by the consumer advocacy groups CSPI, Japan Offspring Fund and the Food Commission UK--is urging that efforts to harmonize national food safety laws on an international basis lead to higher, not lower standards.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cigar warnings

Prompted by a sharp rise in cigar smoking, the Federal Trade Commission has asked Congress to pass legislation requiring warning labels on all cigar packaging and advertising, but FTC chairman Robert Pitofsky says the commission may go ahead and impose the requirement if Congress fails to act.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Australian biotech labeling

Australia is considering changes to its Food Standards Code on labeling of genetically enhanced ingredients that are equivalent to traditional foods. In comments to Australia's Ministry of Health, GMA said labeling criteria for genetically enhanced foods should be adopted only if the information is essential to health and safety.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Sugar labeling

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wants FDA to change its nutrition labeling requirements to include a line for "added sugars," charging that consumers should be able to tell when sugars are added in processing as opposed to occurring naturally in the food.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Steady growth seen for food packaging machinery sales

A market intelligence report reveals a positive outlook for U.S. food packaging equipment through 2003.

July 31, 1999