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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Fisher Container (Elmhurst, IL) moves this month to a new 50ꯠ sq' facility at 1111 Busch Parkway, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089; phone: 847/541-0000, fax: 847/541-0075.
February 28, 1999
Food: Page 345
Beverage
New wine claims
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has approved two statements that winemakers can put on their labels touting the "health effects" of wine, after three years of lobbying by the wine industry.
February 28, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Ground beef labeling
Packages of ground beef at two leading supermarket chains, Wegman's Food Markets of Rochester, NY, and Giant Food Inc. of metropolitan Washington, DC, now sport a bright, new red and yellow label advising consumers to cook the meat to a temperature of 160°F.
February 28, 1999
Prepared Foods
Soy health claims
FDA has proposed allowing a health claim on packages of foods containing soy protein. But at 34 and 31 words respectively, FDA's suggested claims are too long, says the National Food Processors Assn.
February 28, 1999
Closures
Reclosing tool
Clip-it from Weland AB (Smalandsstenar, Sweden) is a multipurpose polyamid tool for reclosing packages. Can be used to reclose waste bags or plastic bags for deep-frozen products.
February 28, 1999
Controls & Machine Components
OSHA to crack the whip
Industry says that proposed new regulations on safety and health and on ergonomics are unnecessary. Will OSHA listen?
February 28, 1999
Sustainability
Europe toughens packaging stance
New 'essential requirements' will necessitate alterations to many types of packaging to avoid European sales bans.
February 28, 1999
Flexible packaging
Young package forms grow beyond specialty niches
Two relatively new packaging forms--stand-up flexible pouches and non-round composite canisters--are expanding their application horizons and finding a measure of consumer acceptance at retail.
February 28, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Shrink bags add spice to enchilada packaging
Enchilada maker Bueno Foods uses a shrink-bag over a tray to pack and merchandise frozen enchiladas. Customers like the microwavability, Bueno likes the ease of use and strong graphics.
February 28, 1999
Bakery/Snack
U.S. goes 'bananas'
Packagers who buy folding cartons from Europe for toothpaste, cereal, cosmetics, glassware and a host of other products better get ready for sticker shock.
February 28, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Collating candy at 3,000/min
Goetze's Candy Co. triples speeds for packaging its venerable soft caramel cream candies after installing a new servo-driven feeding/collating system with high-speed motion control.
February 28, 1999
Flexible packaging
Flexible pack zips to market
A flexible bag with a transverse zipper provides consumers with 'pour-and-store' convenience for Birds Eye-brand frozen chicken-based meals.
February 28, 1999
Flexible packaging
Flexible materials earn Green Globe Award
Heath Manufacturing wins a Green Globe Award from the Flexible Packaging Assn. for a bird suet cake package that uses less material than its predecessor. New equipment increases productivity while saving labor costs.
February 28, 1999
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