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Coding, Printing & Labeling
COOL update
The fight over mandatory country-of-origin labeling goes on. According to those trying to get Congress to roll back the law and make such labeling voluntary, the producers who originally backed COOL are beginning to realize the costs and liabilities involved.
November 30, 2003
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Bakery/Snack
Bag-in-box labeling gets the 'final touch'
New print-and-apply labelers have reduced downtime and boosted overall line efficiency at five of Coca-Cola’s syrup plants around the country.
November 30, 2003
Beverage
Efficiency tops 90% at Edna Valley Vineyard
A first-of-its-kind accumulation table boosts bottling efficiency by 20% and helps attract new business.See video
November 30, 2003
Beverage
Efficiency tops 90% at Edna Valley Vineyard (sidebar)
Club pack illustrates an uncased look
November 30, 2003
Controls & Machine Components
Ink-jet coding goes wireless
Produce grower Mills, Inc., uses standard protocol 802.11b to wirelessly connect four large-character ink-jet printers to the PC that controls them.
November 30, 2003
Bakery/Snack
Letting customers select package design
By using an unusual new Web service, HoneyBaked Ham’s design agency got help on a package redesign from those who’ve bought HoneyBaked products in the past.
November 30, 2003
Prepared Foods
Vial packing extraordinaire
Bio-Rad Laboratories boosted its vial filling/capping/labeling capacity with all new equipment. Highlights include a twin-head labeler and a custom-built tray loader.
November 30, 2003
Labeling
FDA not standing PAT
Food & Drug Administration hopes new cGMP initiative will open door to use of new drug packaging technology.
November 30, 2003
Protective/transport packaging
Microsoft pack wins EPA design challenge
A new shipping package that looks like an envelope and protects like a box won the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cradle-to-Cradle E-Commerce Package Design Challenge, announced at the recent Pack Expo Las Vegas show in October.
November 30, 2003
Closures
Recloseable can a first in North America
Hirzel Canning Co. and Farms, Toledo, OH, is test-marketing in Cleveland and Chicago recloseable 12-oz tin-plated steel cans of Dei Fratelli-brand Italian Dip and Pizza Sauce.
November 30, 2003
Labels
'Tis the season
Newly revised graphics now decorate Smith Dairy's 30- and 11-oz bottles of premium and low-fat Moovers-brand eggnog. Both products from the Orrville, OH-based dairy are ultra-pasteurized to offer 120-day shelf life. The refrigerated products reached store shelves in mid-October.
November 30, 2003
Beverage
Bioterrorism leads to electronic record keeping
With the new Bioterrorism law, Electronic record keeping isn't required per se, but it's an inevitability to realistically meet such a deadline.
November 30, 2003
Labels
Creating a sparkling holiday design
Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice Cocktails will be dressed as Nutcrackers this year for the holiday season, thanks to designers at The Bailey Group.
November 30, 2003
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ELCAT Food Technology’s automated food stick loading systems combine centrifugal feeding, alignment, vision inspection, and robotic pick-and-place technology to organize and load meat, cheese, and snack sticks into trays for high-speed packaging.
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