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Bakery/Snack

Olympic champions appear on Wheaties boxes

General Mills released special-edition Wheaties cereal boxes featuring record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps, gymnastics champion Carly Patterson, and sprinter Justin Gatlin.

July 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Hartness International launches conveyor company

Hartness International announces the creation of Hartness Conveyor Systems (HCS) LLC.

July 31, 2004

Bakery/Snack

Adding security to multiwall bags

Larry Lichter is Director, Commercial Development and Supply Chain for McCormick & Co., Hunts Valley, MD. Here he discusses the development of ShurSeal™, a tamper-evident seal system for multiwall bags, with supplier Exopack LLC.

July 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House subcommittee passes allergen labeling

The House Subcommittee on Health mirrored action in the Senate by passing legislation requiring food labels to state in clear, plain language if the product contains one or more of the eight major food allergens.

July 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Voluntary COOL legislation

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Minority Member Charles Stenholm (D-TX) introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program.

July 31, 2004

Bakery/Snack

Sylvania shatters changeover paradigm (sidebar)

At its St. Mary’s, PA, plant, lamp manufacturer OSRAM Sylvania reduced the number of parts for changeover on a key cartoner from 36 to zero. It also reduced changeover time by more than 90%.

July 31, 2004

Bakery/Snack

Time for change: Expert advice

Two changeover experts weigh in on this increasingly timely topic, offering their advice and insights for making your packaging machinery changeover friendlier.

July 31, 2004

Bakery/Snack

Zipper aids cereal packing productivity

New Zealand cereal maker shifts to packaging web with a pre-applied zipper to cut scrap and improve output.

July 31, 2004

Flexibles

Report flexes packaging trends and drivers

A snapshot look at the key trends and drivers in retail and institutional food and markets is published in Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 144-page report, U.S. Packaging Industry and Opportunities for Flexible Packaging.

June 30, 2004

Bakery/Snack

NEW REPORT EXAMINES RETORT PACKAGING

The U.S. Market for Convenience Packaging and Serving Size Trends is the third in a three-volume series on convenience foods and packaging from Packaged Facts, a div.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

A labeling/taping solution

When a high-volume retailer expressed interest in a 2-lb package of donut gems from Sara Lee Bakery Group, the Madison, WI, firm met the request by way of a clear thermoformed PET tub and a snap-fit lid of the same material.

June 30, 2004

Labeling

Campbell Soup selects vision system for soup cans

Campbell Soup Co., Newark, NJ, has announced that it selected the MVS-8500 vision system from Cognex Corp. to ensure proper labeling of all of its canned soups.

June 30, 2004