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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Kaufman offers hot-stamping

Kaufman Container has added hot stamping to its capabilities available at its decorating facility.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Country-of-origin Web site

The Food Industry Trade Coalition, a group of food and agricultural organizations concerned about mandatory country-of-origin labeling, has launched a new Web site, www.countryoforiginlabel.com, to consolidate information about the impact of the program on various sectors. Mandatory COO labeling applies to meat, produce, seafood, and peanuts.

June 30, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Liquid packaging breakthrough

First specialized filling, capping and labeling servo motor/drive enables unprecedented design flexibility for liquid packaging.

June 30, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Compliance packages of the year

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council announced the 2002 winners of its Compliance Package of the Year Award: Lamictal by GlaxoSmithKline; Fosamax by Merck & Co.; and Nexium by AstraZeneca.

June 30, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Companies

Sidel (above) has opened a new plant in Parma, Italy, dedicated to assembling filling machines.

June 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Less than all

The Center for Science in the Public Interest charged that Smuckers’ line of Simply 100% Fruit is mislabeled because the amount of the fruit is less than 100%.

June 30, 2003

Labeling

Pharmaceutical pros elaborate on packaging concerns

Survey respondents vent views on repackaging, paying more for equipment that’s easy to validate, and changes related to FDA’s 21 CFR, Part II.

June 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Print-and-apply labeler

The MP2000 print and apply labeling system for multi-pack packaging identification from Imaje USA was designed to print and apply labels at up to 60/min.

June 30, 2003

Converting equipment

Sidel, Pressco announce an alliance

At NPE 2003 in Chicago this week, Sidel Inc. and Pressco Technology announced their signing of a strategic alliance agreement for the distribution and sale of Pressco's Intellispec™ PET container vision inspection system.

May 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Whatever happened to...?

In an effort to reduce its regulatory backlog, FDA decided to withdraw 83 proposed actions published more than five years ago.

May 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

COO labeling for seafood

The Alabama House is considering country-of-origin labeling legislation that would place new restrictions on seafood processors that use imported seafood in finished food products sold in the state.

May 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Manual on anticounterfeiting, no; useful compendium, yes

Whether a book or an anthology, this volume on pharmaceutical anticounterfeiting is both interesting and valuable, but flawed.

May 31, 2003