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RFID survey: What consumers think

With all the buzz about radio-frequency identification, isn’t it time consumers chimed in about RFID? In this new survey, they do.

January 31, 2004

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RFID: Marks & Spencer

At the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA 2004 conference held in Las Vegas Jan. 27-28, I had the opportunity to listen to speeches by representatives from Nestlé, Purina, AstraZeneca, the U.S. Department of Defense, and more.

January 31, 2004

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RFID: Marks & Spencer's "Year of Action"

At the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA 2004 conference held in Las Vegas Jan. 27-28, I had the opportunity to listen to speeches by representatives from Nestlé, Purina, AstraZeneca, the U.S. Department of Defense, and more.

January 31, 2004

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Drug group seeks RFID tags, too

Following on the heels of Wal-Mart and the U. S. Department of Defense, the Healthcare Distribution and Management Assn. is now calling for drug makers and wholesalers to deploy radio-frequency identification tags using electronic product codes (EPC) on cases of product by the end of 2005.

January 31, 2004

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Companies

CCL Plastic Packaging (Los Angeles, CA) formed an alliance with Weener Plastik Packaging Group (Weener, Germany.) CCL will have exclusive license and distribution rights in the U.S.

January 31, 2004

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Labeling changes recommended

In a mid-December 2003 report commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Health Canada, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for redoing the Nutrition Facts panel on food labels.

January 31, 2004

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COOL delayed

Country-of-origin labeling requirements were put on hold for two years as lawmakers worked to wrap up a massive spending bill to keep the government in business by the end of the year.

January 31, 2004

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Health claims labeling

FDA issued an advance notice of proposed rule making on how it will regulate qualified health claims. FDA solicited comments on three options. One would codify the current interim procedures and the ranking system based on the amount of scientific evidence.

January 31, 2004

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How low is low with carbs?

Responding to consumers’ heightened interest in consuming fewer carbohydrates, food companies are producing more low-carb foods. Manufacturers are asking FDA to set standards for low-carb foods similar to those for fat content.

January 31, 2004

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Calls for "Alcohol Facts" panel

The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the National Consumers League petitioned the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to require uniform “Alcohol Facts” labels on all alcoholic beverage packages.

January 31, 2004

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Terrorism concerns infiltrate packaging

New homeland security program sends packagers scurrying for protective and tracking technologies.

January 31, 2004

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Productivity monitoring

B&H Labeling Systems introduces Productivity Monitoring, an advanced software system available on a range of B&H labelers.

December 31, 2003

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Getting operators to comply with packaging SOPs

What do you do when line operators ignore written standard operating procedures (SOPs), preferring to do it their own way?

December 31, 2003