Flexibles

Produce packs make produce snacks

Cut, washed, packaged, and refrigerated fresh produce continues gaining in popularity in supermarkets across the country. Among the more innovative marketers is Salinas, CA-based Tanimura & Antle.

December 31, 1995

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Dairy

Omelets come in a cup

Want to make an omelet in one-tenth the time it now takes to make a regular two-egg omelet?

December 31, 1995

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

No beefs with irradiation

Irradiated beef is not likely to affect sensory qualities such as color, flavor and texture, according to a new study conducted by the Kansas State University department of animal sciences and funded by the Beef Promotion and Research Board.

November 30, 1995

Conveying & accumulation

Shaping new markets

Cacique pushes for mainstream acceptance of drinkable yogurt with a striking container design and vibrant full-body shrink label graphics.

November 30, 1995

Sustainable Packaging

Don't go changing, FTC urged

As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reviews its environmental marketing guidelines for effectiveness, at least one trade group urged the regulatory agency to keep things the way they are.

November 30, 1995

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Fresh milk flirts with 'value added' packaging

Extrusion blown of LDPE and topped with a unique closure injection molded of the same material, this new package could give milk a whole new single-serve image.

November 30, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

USDA wants disclosure on poultry ingredients labeling

On November 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final ruling requiring packagers of hot dogs, bologna, and sausage to be more forthcoming in the ingredients statement if their products contain chicken or turkey meat.

November 30, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Senate freezes poultry labeling issue

California's two senators cried foul to current frozen poultry labeling regulations that are loose enough to allow chicken to be labeled as fresh even if the flesh is hardened.

October 31, 1995

Prepared Foods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

The American Frozen Food Institute has moved to a new location at 2000 Corporate Ridge, Ste. 1000, McLean, VA, 22101, phone: 703/821-0770, fax: 703/821-1350.

October 31, 1995

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Servo-driven vf/f/s machine

UVA-Butler (Richmond, VA) has introduced the Butler(TM) 3 vertical form/fill/seal machine that uses servo motors, an Allen-Bradley programmable logic controller 503 and a touch screen for production information and fault display.

September 30, 1995

Case/tray packing

Combo unit improves process control

Based in Duluth, MN, Luigino's, Inc. has made its Michelina brand frozen pastas and entrees big sellers across the country. At the firm's Jackson, OH, plant, a packaging line that went into production last fall uses a Loma 7000 Combo, an integrated metal detect-ion/checkweighing system.

September 30, 1995

Flexible packaging

Pasta/produce combo gets tf/f/s treatment

Salinas produce marketer Tanimura & Antle thermoforms its own trays for the Broccoli Time combo pack. Will consumers get used to seeing such full meals in the refrigerated produce section?

September 30, 1995

Dairy

Pack size restrictions dropped

Thanks to a change in the uniform weights and measures regulations for dairy products, processors have new opportunities for marketing their products.

September 30, 1995