Labels

Clean, clinical cosmetics

While some cosmetics companies are moving away from a sterile, medicinal look, CAC North America has gone the opposite route with its new A'Cino(TM) skin care line.

August 31, 1997

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Dairy

King case rules

Holding 24 7-oz bottles of Little Kings Cream Ale, the Little Kings King Case(TM) is among the early commercial applications of the Meta(TM) System from Mead Containerboard Div.

August 31, 1997

Dairy

Upstate's cartons milk Holstein motif

"What's 'moo' and improved?" asks Upstate Farms Cooperative. Its new Holstein-cow graphics, of course. The Leroy, NY-based dairy coop is using colorful spotted graphics and a "Taste Upstate Freshness" tagline to market 49 SKUs of new and existing milk and cream offerings sold in the refrigerated case.

August 31, 1997

Dairy

Errant label copy forces recall

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) announced the recall of some Ball Park Fat Free Franks and Eckrich Fat Free Bologna products. Both contained a milk protein not listed on the label.

August 31, 1997

Flexibles

Rare cook-in pack for frozen raw fish

One of the showstoppers at this year's annual Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago was the booth of Carnival Brand-Seafood Co. The Overland Park, KS, firm displayed a wide variety of frozen fish packaged in convenient cook-in bags that let consumers microwave frozen fish and serve it in about five minutes.

August 31, 1997

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Birds Eye tries fresh, not frozen

Birds Eye fresh vegetables?

August 31, 1997

Beverage

Techni-Cal achievement

For years Canadian pet food manufacturer Martin Pet Foods has relied on pinch-bottom bags for its 7- and 15-kg (15.4- and 33-lb) sizes of "super premium" pet food.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cosmetics labeling at issue in FDA reform

After months of painstaking bipartisan negotiations, legislation to reform the Food and Drug Administration is poised for consideration in both the House and Senate.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food excluded from chemical labeling regs

Finished food products with trace food additives or pesticides should not be included in a globally harmonized system for chemical hazard classification and labeling.

August 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Lyondell Petrochemical Co. (Houston, TX) and Millennium Chemicals Inc. (Iselin, NJ) signed a definitive agreement to form a venture comprising primarily the olefins and polymers businesses of the companies; it will be headquartered in Houston, TX.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Biotech food labeling

Biotechnologically derived foods should be allowed to be marketed as "organic" when appropriate and should not be subject to unnecessary and misleading labeling requirements.

August 31, 1997

Beverage

Bright future for PET?

At a July 3 shareholders' meeting of Schmalbach-Lubecha AG (Ratingen, Germany) in Dsseldorf, CEO Hanno C. Fiedler observed that the improved barrier properties of PET packaging will make PET ever more popular as the material for containers of mineral water and other sensitive food products such as fruit juices and baby food.

August 31, 1997

Closures

Lotion pump

The EuroFlow® is a lotion pump from SeaquistPerfect (Cary, IL). Available in 1.0- or 2.0-cc dosages, the pump is offered with a ribbed- or smooth-wall closure.

July 31, 1997