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EPI Labelers announces death of founder

On August 8, EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) regretfully announced that its founder James P. Vonderhorst died Wednesday, August 7, as the result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

July 31, 2002

Closures

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Make fresh data as accurate as frozen

Commenting on FDA’s proposed update of the list of the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits, vegetables, and fish and their nutrition labeling values, the American Frozen Food Institute expressed its concern about what it believes to be the outdated nutrient values that are incorporated into the current voluntary labeling program.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bar codes for drug products

The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to require bar codes on human drug products and medical devices as a means of reducing medical errors.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Unpasteurized' policy

Every now and then, my cynical gene becomes recessive, and I become upset by an occurrence that, normally, I would simply shake my head at and overlook.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Polar Ice earns design award

The Glass Packaging Institute honored Corby Distilleries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with the 2002 Packaging Design Clear Choice award for Corby’s Polar Ice vodka brand.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Labeling bottles with clear OPP labels

Clear OPP labels are picked from a magazine by bottles after Nordson glue guns spray each bottle sidewall with hot-melt glue. Labeling is done on the Langguth GmbH machine.

June 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: HDPE bottle debagging

The 2.5-, 1-, and half-gal bottles are automatically debagged by this machine just ahead of labeling and filling.

June 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: 2.5-gal HDPE bottle labeling

Pressure-sensitive labeler applies labels to the top of the 2.5-gal HDPE bottle but slides down and labels a side panel on the two smaller bottle sizes.

June 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

North Side: Case erecting and labeling frozen beef patties

Case erecting of single-wall cases is done on a case erector from Wexxar.

June 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food allergen bill introduced

Bills have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and in the House by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) to improve the labeling of foods known to contain an allergen.

June 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Free speech or safety

FDA is asking the public to comment on whether or not its regulations and policies on product labeling and advertising are constitutional in light of recent court decisions that generally supported First Amendment rights for “commercial speech.” The agency noted that there “may be tension between some aspects of FDA’s authority and judicial developments.” The case law, FDA said, “may threaten to diminish the overall legal credibility necessary for FDA to sustain its authority to accomplish its important public health duties.” The public was asked to comment on nine specific questions related to the regulation of advertising and labeling.

June 30, 2002