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Prepared Foods
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
American Frozen Food Institute (McLean, VA): McNair Bishop, dir. of government affairs.
February 28, 1995

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Flexibles
Europe's Packaging Waste Directive: What will it mean to you?
Packaging managers whose products are marketed in Europe need to know that the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) finally adopted a Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive covering household, commercial and industrial packaging last December.
February 28, 1995
Pw 26549 Inthefacof 10
Recycling
Corrugated container reaps sweet rewards for Chilean grape grower
Prohens switches from wooden crates to corrugated boxes to pack grapes for export. Lighter box provides protection, speeds set-up and reduces labor costs for Chilean grape grower.
February 28, 1995
Ventilation holes in Prohens? new corrugated box (above) help maintain grape quality during shipment from Chile to the U.S
Recycling
Recycling reports to be filed in California
Food industry organizations will help members comply with requirements of a California law requiring recycling of rigid plastic containers sold in the state.
February 28, 1995
Confection/Candy
Supplier news: International agreements
Candy Controls (Evanston, IL) has announced that Mechanical Sales Co. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) will be its exclusive representative in eastern Canada.
February 28, 1995
Flexibles
Quaker launches its logo
"This is the way we choose to compete in the value-priced segment." That's how Quaker Oats spokesman Ron Bottrell described the Chicago-based firm's decision to market ready-to-eat breakfast cereals in bags, rather than boxes, bearing the Quaker name and well known logo.
February 28, 1995
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Flexible packaging
F/f/s is okay for MRE retort pouches
The handful of firms that supply retort pouches for the Department of Defense's MRE (Meals-Ready-to-Eat) program are now permitted to produce them on thermo-form/fill/seal equipment.
February 28, 1995
Coding, Printing & Labeling
26° of separation for poultry
A new standard to separate fresh and frozen poultry has been proposed by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Spurred on by "news events" like bowling with frozen broilers, USDA has proposed that any poultry chilled below 26°F would have to be labeled as "previously frozen." In the past, USDA allowed processors to label as fresh all poultry even if it had been frozen to an internal temperature of 0°F.
January 31, 1995
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Cheese marketer stretches packaging technology
Package redesign enhances images of upscale cheeses. New MAP package is a first for dairy while another pack pioneers an injection-molding method.
January 31, 1995
For the 4-oz ?dairy? line, foil cups (right) have been replaced by a ramekin-style cup (center), and a redesigned folding carton
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Packaging helps a new market blossom
California flower grower enters the foodservice market by developing an MAP packaging system that's right at home in the refrigerated foodservice distribution chain.
January 31, 1995
Side view of the thermoformed PVC tray shows its 3 1/2? depth
Flexibles
American Ingredients 'sells' disposability
The replacement of steel drums with a biodegradable, corrugated intermediate bulk container surprises American Ingredients with extra benefits in production and sales.
January 31, 1995
American Ingredients began using intermediate bulk containers instead of steel drums for shipments of its cooking oils to custom
Recycling
Chesebrough decision strips away protection
If an appellate court decision stands, protection has narrowed for trade dress in packaging. P&G's newest suits could prove troublesome.
January 31, 1995
When counterfeiters can reproduce holograms like those that appear on Microsoft?s packaging, it?s almost impossible to police pi
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Court says states can regulate packaging
California's detailed "green law" was upheld by a federal appeals court, which said states have a right to regulate packaging so consumers are not confused, in the same way deceptive advertising can be banned.
January 31, 1995
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