Coding, Printing & Labeling

Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

October 31, 2004

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Newly-designed labeling Web site goes live

A new “Live Help” feature gives registered visitors to this Web site instant access to a live person who can answer questions pertaining to their labelers.

October 31, 2004

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FDA ruling

Over-the-counter sunscreen products will not have to implement the new drug facts rule establishing standardized format and content requirements for labeling OTC drugs until the Food and Drug Administration finishes additional rule making for sunscreens.

October 31, 2004

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Labeling and obesity

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, September 15, 2004, NFPA said the nutrition information on food packaging can play an important role in addressing obesity.

October 31, 2004

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Soy or not

The Japanese are pressing the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission to set an international standard for the manufacture and labeling of soy sauce. Japan, for both commercial and cultural reasons, wants the standard to be based on the traditional “natural brewing” process that blends wheat, soybeans, and a mold and lets it ferment for several months before being refined.

October 31, 2004

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Cost of materials causing shifts

Survey shows that manufacturers are indeed feeling the effects of cost increases in packaging materials. Changing specs and suppliers are two remedies.

October 31, 2004

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RFID investments (sidebar)

The survey also asked participants whether their companies had invested time or money into investigating radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for their packaging operations during the last year.

October 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Smarter packaging

RFID and security technology, especially authenticating methods, headlined a recent Smart Packaging conference outside Chicago.

October 31, 2004

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RFID at HP: Update and advice

"You need to make RFID happen,” Hewlett Packard’s manager of packaging engineering John Hayward told those gathered at the Smart Packaging conference in September.

October 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Students and industry learn at MSU

The School of Packaging at Michigan State gives its students a thorough overview of the packaging profession while also meeting CPG companies’ ongoing research needs.

October 31, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Single controller governs vision; motion and logic

A tightly integrated controls package on this pressure-sensitive labeling system brings automation plus a 50% increase in throughput.

October 31, 2004

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Oh, Gee...MP

Concerns about food processing sanitation may lead to packaging and labeling changes, especially for allergens.

October 31, 2004

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PMMI is RFID enabled

Radio-frequency identification will be prominent at Pack Expo Intl. 2004 through a major conference track, eye-opener speakers, and an RFID Pavilion exhibition area of more than 40 companies.

October 31, 2004