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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Labels
Michelob's teardrop bottle to be replaced
After testing on specialty Michelob brands, a new slope-shouldered longneck bottle will be introduced for Anheuser-Busch’s super-premium Michelob and Michelob Light beers.
September 30, 2002
Industries: Page 648
Flexibles
Fruit snacks in 'hearty' cups
New Choice Foods, Irwindale, CA, is marketing fruit snacks in heart-shaped cups thermoformed of polypropylene. Packaged in Taiwan, Squez’N’ Bites have been introduced to the United States in 10.5-oz bags that contain 10 cups and retail for $1.19.
September 30, 2002
Additives, coatings & inks
Q&A: The man with X-ray vision
Wayne Knigge is a consultant who retired in June 2001 after 36 years as senior staff engineer with General Mills. He spent the last 20 years on quality/productivity improvements in packaging, the last three focusing on X-ray inspection.
September 30, 2002
Labels
Elegant new design
William Grant & Sons, U.S. importer of the Italian Tiziano wines, turned to Bailey Design Group (Plymouth Meeting, PA) to create a label for the new Tiziano Chianti Riserva.
September 30, 2002
Cosmetics/Personal care
Redesign sizzles
Schering-Plough, maker of Coppertone Sport, recently unveiled a stronger, sportier package and brand identity for the suntan lotion. Created by Lipson Alport Glass & Associates (Chicago, IL), the package is designed to appeal to active, goal-oriented consumers with a passion for the outdoors.
September 30, 2002
Flexibles
Achievements
tesa tape, inc. (Charlotte, NC) was given national recognition for its commitment to exporting from the U.S. Commercial Service.
September 30, 2002
Controls & Machine Components
People
TricorBraun (St. Louis, MO) hired Mark Polivka as the vp of supply chain management.
September 30, 2002
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Free speech on health claims
FDA should permit communication of the healthful benefits of food as long as it is truthful and not misleading, said the American Frozen Food Institute in comments submitted to the agency.
September 30, 2002
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Delays in allergen labeling bill
After failing to act before the summer break, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions may take action on legislation mandating new requirements on labeling of food products with known allergens among their ingredients.
September 30, 2002
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
More reminder labels for meat
In the wake of ConAgra Beef Company’s massive voluntary recall of ground beef earlier this summer because of potential contamination with E. coli 0157:H7, some food retailers began reminding their customers that cooking ground beef to 160°F kills the bacteria.
September 30, 2002
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Tough tools on food safety
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat and Poultry Act, which would boost the enforcement tools available to USDA and the Food and Drug Administration under their food statutes.
September 30, 2002
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Guidelines for country-of-origin rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is scrambling to develop guidelines for the voluntary phase of the new country-of-origin labeling law, which took effect September 30, 2002.
September 30, 2002
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
MAP protects fresh pork (sidebar)
Material matters
September 30, 2002
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