Flexible packaging

Technology to take us forward

What are today’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the packaging field saying about packaging technology of the future?

September 30, 2002

Labeling: Page 153

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Temporary relief for OTC convenience packs

FDA postpones May deadline for putting Drug Facts label on convenience-size OTC packages.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In Memoriam

EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) regrets to announce that its founder James P. Vonderhorst, 57, died Aug. 7.

August 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Trans fat labeling receives boost

The drive to require the display of the amount of trans fat as part of the food nutrition label got a big boost from a report by the National Academy of Sciences released in mid-July.

August 31, 2002

Cartoning

Bringin' 'em back for more

Engineers from two packaged goods manufacturers, one based in Illinois and one in North Carolina, found more than enough at Pack Expo 2000 to bring them back in 2002.

August 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Estée Lauder chairman to address HBA Global Expo

The 10th edition of HBA Global Expo features a Plenary Address by industry luminary Leonard A. Lauder. Some 500 exhibitors will show their wares.

August 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

P&G, Wal-Mart on CorrExpo program

When merchandising executives from top retailers speak, packaging people tend to listen.

July 31, 2002

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

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nutrition labeling values, the American Frozen Food Institute expressed its concern about what it believes to be the outdated nutrient values that are incorporated into the current voluntary labeling program.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