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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flexibles
Low-impact material wraps M&S butter
Retailer Marks & Spencer has become the first in the United Kingdom and Ireland to use Lean®Cover packaging to wrap its butter products. The new material, made by Ecolean AB in Sweden, is supplied by National Flexible, Ecolean’s sole representative in those countries.
July 31, 2003
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Dairy
Shrinking design
Stonyfield Farm, a manufacturer of organic yogurts, redesigned its cup graphics for a more consistent look across its entire family of yogurts. Additionally, the new fat-free yogurt will be packaged in a 6-oz cup size.
July 31, 2003
Closures
Super-sized design
To answer the consumer call for greater convenience at a better value, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc, maker of Fisher nuts and other snack foods, has expanded from three peanut items in sizes from 16- to 40-oz PET containers to a line of nine flavors packed in various sizes totaling 18 SKUs.
July 31, 2003
Dairy
Milk gets a heavyweight makeover
Swiss Valley Farms, Davenport, IA, launched in late 2002 a radical new design of 1.5- and 3-L Deja Moo milks into Midwest stores including Hy-Vee, Econo Foods, and Dick’s.
July 31, 2003
Closures
Companies
Pester USA Pac Automation (Allendale, NJ) (above) doubled the size of its U.S. headquarters by adding 18ꯠ sq’.
July 31, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
MPCs labeling in NY
The New York State Assembly is considering a measure to require a prominent label for products containing milk protein concentrates (MPCs), including the MPCs’ country of origin.
July 31, 2003
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Smaller bar code under development
The Uniform Code Council is developing a 14-digit reduced space symbology (RSS) bar code designed for case-ready packages of meat and poultry, according to an announcement made at a UCC conference in Orlando in late May.
July 31, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
No dough for COO
A House agriculture subcommittee voted unanimously on June 17 to deny the U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to carry out the COO labeling program contained in last year’s farm bill.
July 31, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Codex Committee drops COO requirements
The Codex Alimentarius Commission Committee on Labeling decided to drop any further work on COO labeling requirements. Codex is an international agency that sets international food standards for commodities and guidelines for related processes.
July 31, 2003
Flexibles
PipeLine: Retort pouches: Has their time come?
In the last year or two, one of the warmest trends in flexible packaging has been the resurgence of the retort pouch for seafood products and also for pet foods.
July 31, 2003
Labels
Dial ratchets up liquid soap packaging
A multicompany partnership combined to create new lenticular, three-dimensional labels for clear hand soap bottles.
July 31, 2003
Containers
Snyder snacks on efficiency
New vf/f/s machines replace outdated equipment, adding speed while reducing costs for labor, replacement parts, and product giveaway.See in-plant video
July 31, 2003
Flexibles
Enhancing a brand with happy cows
Armed with a design concept statement that ‘happy cows give good milk,’ label converter Fort Dearborn Co. came up with labels that build brand equity for Oberweis Dairy.
July 31, 2003
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