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Flexibles
LLDPE resins
Dow Chemical Co. launched 6 new Dowlex™ PE resins and one new Elite™ EPE resin, which will be manufactured using hexene comonomer. The Dowlex resins are suitable for liners and unitizing films requiring easy processing, toughness, puncture resistance, good tear resistance, impact resistance, and hot tack strength.
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Containers
Specialty packaging
VisiPak offers its line of specialty packaging, including Gift Paks such as the candy cane tube packages, POP-Pak header cards that help eliminate the middleman and complete the entire package, Compartment Paks that separate products in one container, Donation Containers for fund raising, and Golf Ball Tubes for promotional campaigns.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Privacy and RFID
Are privacy concerns about RFID valid or conspiracy-theory paranoid?
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
2006: an exciting milestone and a new outlook for packaging
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pack Expo, being held October 29 - November 2 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. We spoke with Chuck Yuska, president of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), sponsor and producer of the show, about this special anniversary and what the new year has in store for packaging professionals.
December 31, 2005
Secondary Packaging
Companies
Leister Process Technologies, Sarnen, Switzerland, formed a new master distribution network for the United States. The U.S. market will be serviced by the following factory-trained sales and service centers: Assembly Supplies Co., western region; Heely-Brown Co., southeast region; Hy-Tech Products, midwest; and Malcom Co., northeast region.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Trans-fat labeling and Katrina
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are now being blamed for limiting the availability of resin used to make plastic bread bags, prompting the American Bakers Association to request either a six-month extension of the January 1, 2006, trans fat labeling deadline or a six-month “enforcement discretion.” The storms also created obstacles for distribution of imported trans fat substitutes.
December 31, 2005
Dairy
FDA and FSIS discuss jurisdiction
FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service held a public meeting in Rosemont, IL, on December 15, 2005, to discuss ways to decide which agency regulates which food products when it comes to foods that contain meat and poultry ingredients.
December 31, 2005
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Gassing meat
A Michigan-based food and spice company is protesting FDA rulings that allow small amounts of carbon dioxide to be used in “case ready” packages of fresh meat to preserve the red color.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
COOL labeling delayed
The FY 2006 Agriculture Appropriations bill passed by Congress in mid-November contained a provision delaying mandatory country-of-origin labeling for meat, produce, and peanuts until September 30, 2008.
December 31, 2005
Beverage
FDA warns of unwarranted claims
FDA warned 29 manufacturers, marketers, or distributors of foods made from cherries or other fruits to stop using unproven claims that their products treat or prevent disease on their web sites or product labels.
December 31, 2005
Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings
FDA nixes tomato health claim
FDA will not allow manufacturers of tomato products and dietary supplements containing lycopene to put health claims on labels and in advertising that link lycopene to a reduced risk of many forms of cancer.
December 31, 2005
Sustainable Packaging
Broadening perspectives
As we begin the new year, Packaging World will begin a new format for this space that will offer a much wider look at packaging issues than ever before.
December 31, 2005
Conveying & accumulation
Contract soap packer enhances capacity, efficiency
Stahl Soap installs new U.S.-sourced horizontal flow-wrapper and servo-feed conveyor to meet special customer equirements.
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