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Mark your calendar

FDA has established January 1, 2006, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations issued between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004.

February 28, 2003

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More time for testing

FDA has asked the Office of Management and Budget to extend its approval of consumer surveys used by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in deciding labeling policies for food and dietary supplements.

February 28, 2003

Flexible packaging

Printing packs a punch

Winners of FPA’s Printing Achievement awards were noted for advances in CTP technology, VOC-free inks, display impact, ‘nuanced color tones’ via gravure printing, and complex distortion printing capabilities.

February 28, 2003

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Packaging 'ahoy'

Congressional mandates on ocean shipping security are expected to stimulate packaging and container technology.

February 28, 2003

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Second generation tottles

Weber Intl. Packaging Co. (Plattsburgh, NY) introduces a line of tottles called Silhouette. Second-generation line of tottles brings a softer cosmetic image, company says.

February 28, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Black Bear Bottling Group LLC: Bottle labeling for regional beverage bottler

Bottles index single file through a timing screw to the labeling station: a new Model 3125 labeler from Label-Aire . Label rollstock unwinds through a series of dancer rollers.

January 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Black Bear Bottling Group LLC: Air knives dry bottles for regional beverage packager

To gain optimal carbonation, Black Bear beverage temperatures are just above freezing.

January 31, 2003

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Vision labeling system

Now available with SelfSet technology, the Hawk labeler from CVC Technologies (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) includes memory capacity for saving and automatically setting up as many as 50 jobs.

January 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

January 31, 2003

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Companies

Klöckner Pentaplast (Gordonsville, VA) unveils a new logo moving into 2003.

January 31, 2003

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FDA relaxes health claims rules

FDA announced a new policy on health claims on food labels, holding them to the same standard as dietary supplements. The “qualified” health claims must still be truthful, nonmisleading, and well substantiated by scientific evidence, but scientists need not have reached consensus on their validity.

January 31, 2003

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New sun warnings for popular cosmetics

FDA issued a draft guidance for labeling of topically applied cosmetics containing alpha hydroxy acids to ensure that labeling for these products is not false or misleading.

January 31, 2003