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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Beverage
Meaty redesign
Carl Buddig & Co. recently redesigned the packaging for its thin-sliced precooked meats in both single-serve and one-lb sizes. Buddig’s change was prompted by movement in the market by big-name meat companies that were redesigning their packaging to better compete on store shelves.
June 30, 2003
Food: Page 271
Bakery/Snack
Lead warnings on paint
In what is being hailed as a possible model for government/industry negotiations addressing public issues, the U.S. paint industry and 46 state attorneys general and five other jurisdictions reached agreement on a plan to reduce lead poisoning caused by old paint.
June 30, 2003
Bakery/Snack
Bioterrorism rules and packaging
FDA is reviewing comments on its rules implementing the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. As originally written, some packaging materials are covered by the regulations because the act’s definition of “food” includes “substances that migrate into food from food packaging and other articles that contact food.”That means suppliers of food packaging must register their facilities by December 12, 2003, and must give prior notice of imports of packaging materials into the United States.
June 30, 2003
Sustainable Packaging
Pipeline: Enthusiastic engineers
One of the most exasperating parts of being a packaging reporter is to think about the stories that, for one reason or another, fall through the cracks.
June 30, 2003
Secondary Packaging
This end up
A start-up company in Toledo had just ordered an automatic multi-packer for its alcoholic gelatins. Then it had to change its pack.
June 30, 2003
Converting equipment
Paper--with special converting--shows new versatility
The oldest packaging material is finding new opportunities by combining with other materials like barrier plastics and special inks.
June 30, 2003
Flexibles
A case-ready meat tour
A visit to a Wal-Mart Supercenter—and input from industry experts—provides a snapshot look at case-ready meat packaging.
June 30, 2003
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
A case-ready meat tour (sidebar)
Is this package the future of case-ready?
June 30, 2003
Secondary Packaging
Tyson's fixed-weight future
This attractive, but otherwise unassuming shrink-wrapped tray introduced in early 2003 is packed with far more than chicken. For Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR, it represents enhanced category management--and the future of case-ready meat.
June 30, 2003
Sustainability
Wild Oats debuts 'corn-tainers'
Natural and organic food retailer Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, Boulder, CO, is reportedly the first North American firm to pack deli foods at retail in containers made of NatureWorks™ PLA from Cargill Dow LLC. PLA is a renewable-resource-based polylactide resin derived from corn.
June 30, 2003
Flexibles
Heinz 'bottles' marinade in a bag
To capitalize on the trend towards marinating foods, H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, PA, has added an extra bit of convenience for consumers: liquid marinades in three flavors all presented in a handy bag ready for the food.
June 30, 2003
Converting equipment
Sidel, Pressco announce an alliance
At NPE 2003 in Chicago this week, Sidel Inc. and Pressco Technology announced their signing of a strategic alliance agreement for the distribution and sale of Pressco's Intellispec™ PET container vision inspection system.
May 31, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Whatever happened to...?
In an effort to reduce its regulatory backlog, FDA decided to withdraw 83 proposed actions published more than five years ago.
May 31, 2003
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