Bakery/Snack

Ukrainians study U.S. packaging

While in Chicago recently for the All Candy Expo, 18 packaging professionals from confectionery, cookie, and cake manufacturing firms in Ukraine spent two days with the Institute of Packaging Professionals learning more about packaging in the United States.

June 30, 2003

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Flexibles

Microwave popcorn takes a stand

About a year ago, Solon, OH-based ASAP Food Products introduced what it believes is the first microwave popcorn in a stand-up pouch.

June 30, 2003

Sustainability

MSU, Clemson offer seminars

Michigan State University and Clemson University announce packaging seminars scheduled for this autumn...

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Q&A: The Supermarket Guru on packaging

Author of five books and the Food Trends Correspondent for NBC’s TODAY Show, Phil Lempert heads SupermarketGuru.com and is editor of the Lempert Report. He shares his views of packaging’s impact on supermarkets—and vice versa.

June 30, 2003

Cosmetics/Personal care

Modernizing redesign

Alberto Culver redesigned the packaging for its St. Ives brand of lotion, changing out of the old opaque white bottles and into a sleeker bottle design.

June 30, 2003

Bakery/Snack

Sophisticated design

Michael Osborne Design has created new packaging for Williams-Sonoma’s line of outdoor barbecue products, including packaging for grilling tools, mesquite grilling chips, suede aprons and mitts, and more.

June 30, 2003

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

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

Protective/transport packaging

Wagner cushions savings

For years, Wagner Spray Tech Corp., a provider of painting and decorating products, used folded corrugated inserts to protect its professional-grade paint sprayers during shipment.

June 30, 2003

Labeling

Pharmaceutical pros elaborate on packaging concerns

Survey respondents vent views on repackaging, paying more for equipment that’s easy to validate, and changes related to FDA’s 21 CFR, Part II.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Pouches stand up to retorting

Fall River wild rice in a microwavable, no-foil “glass barrier” stand-up pouch brings precooked, ready-to-eat convenience to consumers.

June 30, 2003