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Holiday carrier sells for Zima
For a six-week period during the recent holiday season, consumers nationwide had the opportunity to purchase a six-pack of 12-oz glass-bottled Zima® in a stunning holographic paperboard carrier.
February 28, 1999
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Sustainability
Coca-Cola taps PET to launch water
After months of speculation, water in plastic bottles from Atlanta, GA-based The Coca-Cola Co. is the real thing in the U.S. The pale blue-tinted polyethylene terephthalate bottles provide a distinctive appearance for Dasani, which the company expects to launch nationwide this spring.
February 28, 1999
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Listeria warnings?
A warning label on packaged deli meats and hot dogs indicating the products could contain the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria might be evaluated by the federal government.
February 28, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
Ben & Jerry's switches to unbleached board
Last month, Burlington, VT-based Ben & Jerry's introduced its World's Best Vanilla ice cream in a container made of solid unbleached sulphate paperboard.
February 28, 1999
Converting equipment
Barrier bottles up oxygen
In October 1998, Burlington, WA-based Clearly Canadian unveiled its super-oxygenated bottled water, O+2. Available unflavored or in two flavored versions, O+2 is enhanced with up to 10 times the normal concentration of oxygen naturally found in water.
February 28, 1999
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Fisher Container (Elmhurst, IL) moves this month to a new 50ꯠ sq' facility at 1111 Busch Parkway, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089; phone: 847/541-0000, fax: 847/541-0075.
February 28, 1999
Converting equipment
Heineken rolls out 'keg' can
Appearing on store shelves across the U.S. beginning in April is a promotional can from Heineken USA, White Plains, NY, in the shape of a keg. The can, first tested in the New York area late last year, is made in Europe by Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA).
February 28, 1999
Secondary Packaging
Polish consumers buy into convenience
When a Polish juice manufacturer was challenged by aseptic paper-packaged imports, it had to respond or risk losing market share.
February 28, 1999
Beverage
New wine claims
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has approved two statements that winemakers can put on their labels touting the "health effects" of wine, after three years of lobbying by the wine industry.
February 28, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Ground beef labeling
Packages of ground beef at two leading supermarket chains, Wegman's Food Markets of Rochester, NY, and Giant Food Inc. of metropolitan Washington, DC, now sport a bright, new red and yellow label advising consumers to cook the meat to a temperature of 160°F.
February 28, 1999
Containers
Honors bestowed on tubes of the year
The Tube Council of North America (New York, NY) has announced its 1998 Tube of the Year winners. The 9th annual contest included more than 100 entries, a record number.
February 28, 1999
Cosmetics/Personal care
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
TricorBraun's (St. Louis, MO) Quebec operations, formerly known as the W. Braun Co., have relocated to Granby, Quebec, Canada. The location services local consumer goods mfg.
February 28, 1999
Prepared Foods
Soy health claims
FDA has proposed allowing a health claim on packages of foods containing soy protein. But at 34 and 31 words respectively, FDA's suggested claims are too long, says the National Food Processors Assn.
February 28, 1999
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