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November 30, 2003
Food: Page 261
Beverage
Worldwide Food Expo numbers
Sponsors of the Worldwide Food Expo 2003 reported that the October 29 - November 1 event hosted 28ꯠ attendees from more than 100 countries. The biennial global show included more than 1겨 exhibitors in 1.2 million sq’ of space.
November 30, 2003
Conveying & accumulation
Wireless ink-jet coding
A switch from hand-applied, preprinted labels on corrugated shippers to large-character ink-jet printing is reducing labor costs and improving security measures at the Great Northern Wholeaves operation of produce grower/marketer Mills Inc.
November 30, 2003
Flexibles
Twist-tie wrap is PLA
With the August launch of College Farm organic hard candies in East Coast markets, JoEl Inc. of Elizabethtown, NJ, is the first North American candy company to offer confectionery wrapped in NatureWorks™ polylactide (PLA) from Cargill Dow.
November 30, 2003
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Classes of poultry revisions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to amend the poultry class standards of identity to better reflect poultry sold in today’s market.
November 30, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
COOL update
The fight over mandatory country-of-origin labeling goes on. According to those trying to get Congress to roll back the law and make such labeling voluntary, the producers who originally backed COOL are beginning to realize the costs and liabilities involved.
November 30, 2003
Bakery/Snack
Bag-in-box labeling gets the 'final touch'
New print-and-apply labelers have reduced downtime and boosted overall line efficiency at five of Coca-Cola’s syrup plants around the country.
November 30, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Ink-jet coding goes wireless
Produce grower Mills, Inc., uses standard protocol 802.11b to wirelessly connect four large-character ink-jet printers to the PC that controls them.
November 30, 2003
Bakery/Snack
Letting customers select package design
By using an unusual new Web service, HoneyBaked Ham’s design agency got help on a package redesign from those who’ve bought HoneyBaked products in the past.
November 30, 2003
Prepared Foods
Vial packing extraordinaire
Bio-Rad Laboratories boosted its vial filling/capping/labeling capacity with all new equipment. Highlights include a twin-head labeler and a custom-built tray loader.
November 30, 2003
Labeling
FDA not standing PAT
Food & Drug Administration hopes new cGMP initiative will open door to use of new drug packaging technology.
November 30, 2003
Closures
Recloseable can a first in North America
Hirzel Canning Co. and Farms, Toledo, OH, is test-marketing in Cleveland and Chicago recloseable 12-oz tin-plated steel cans of Dei Fratelli-brand Italian Dip and Pizza Sauce.
November 30, 2003
Labels
'Tis the season
Newly revised graphics now decorate Smith Dairy's 30- and 11-oz bottles of premium and low-fat Moovers-brand eggnog. Both products from the Orrville, OH-based dairy are ultra-pasteurized to offer 120-day shelf life. The refrigerated products reached store shelves in mid-October.
November 30, 2003
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