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Additives, coatings & inks

Q&A: The man with X-ray vision

Wayne Knigge is a consultant who retired in June 2001 after 36 years as senior staff engineer with General Mills. He spent the last 20 years on quality/productivity improvements in packaging, the last three focusing on X-ray inspection.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Free speech on health claims

FDA should permit communication of the healthful benefits of food as long as it is truthful and not misleading, said the American Frozen Food Institute in comments submitted to the agency.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Delays in allergen labeling bill

After failing to act before the summer break, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions may take action on legislation mandating new requirements on labeling of food products with known allergens among their ingredients.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tough tools on food safety

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat and Poultry Act, which would boost the enforcement tools available to USDA and the Food and Drug Administration under their food statutes.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Guidelines for country-of-origin rule

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is scrambling to develop guidelines for the voluntary phase of the new country-of-origin labeling law, which took effect September 30, 2002.

September 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Suppliers' salaries similar to packagers'

Supplier representatives reveal salaries, benefits in exclusive Packworld.com survey.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Technology to take us forward

What are today’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the packaging field saying about packaging technology of the future?

September 30, 2002

Sustainability

The packaging marketplace: A global view

The Global Packaging Market, a major study by Ernst & Young, was published recently by England’s Packaging News magazine. Here, Ernst & Young’s Tim Rothwell presents an overview of the study.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Temporary relief for OTC convenience packs

FDA postpones May deadline for putting Drug Facts label on convenience-size OTC packages.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

A revealing look at X-ray technology

Further information from our October Question-and-Answer format interview with Wayne Knigge.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

New K-Resin logo

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Houston, TX, has introduced a new logo for its K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) in celebration of the product’s 30th anniversary.

August 31, 2002

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Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

August 31, 2002