Eric F. GreenbergHomeShutdown starts up thoughtAmericans could think hard for the first time about the importance of various government functions when they lose non-essential activities.January 22, 2019HomePackaging as cargo: out the door, but not out of mindIf you design or manufacture retail product packaging, you might not give much thought to what happens to it once it’s out of your facility.January 9, 2019HomeDespite lots of recall advice, companies often left wonderingFood recalls nowadays are quite common, and they are the subject of a lot of advice and some legal and regulatory requirements. And yet, recalls often leave companies confused.December 3, 2018HomeCalifornia’s Proposition 65: still weird after all these yearsIt has always seemed that everything about California’s Proposition 65 was weird—as in, unusual, unexpected, a tad askew. I can think of at least four such things.November 5, 2018HomeTobacco pushes to the front of the lineA latecomer to FDA’s stable of responsibilities, regulation of tobacco aims to protect the public health, though these efforts are not without controversy.October 30, 2018HomeHow to vouch for products from here or thereThis column is being written on the 17th anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001.October 5, 2018HomeUndeclared allergens make foods misbranded and unsafeIf you’ve ever perused the law’s definition of “misbranded” food, you know it has lots of sub-parts, describing essentially every imaginable detail about a food label that could be improperly displayed, missing, inaccurate, or misleading.September 4, 2018HomeThe ground has shifted, in a bad wayIf anyone asks you in the next few months what the big new legal trend affecting packaging is, I suggest you tell them it’s the “Worldwide Plastics Smackdown.”August 3, 2018HomeOn 'bioengineered' disclosure specs, USDA proposes some, asks about othersMany food labels will soon contain information about the food’s GMO or “bioengineered” contents thanks to new federal regulations.July 6, 2018HomeRegulators coordinate to protect kids from controversial productsControversy has its limits.June 4, 2018Previous PagePage 2 of 20Next PageTop StoriesPEI 2022PACK EXPO International 2022 Innovations ReportBack after four years, PACK EXPO International convened more than 44,000 attendees during its Oct. 23-26 run at Chicago’s McCormick Place, thus surpassing the 2018 event.Coding, printing & labelingDigital Printing Drives Case ProductionWorkforceHennepin Technical College Awarded Packaging World, PMMI ScholarshipSustainabilityPersonal Care Startup Selects Plastic for Reusable Deodorant CaseSponsor ContentBranding starts here with Hummingbird®.
