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Sustainable Packaging

Possible warnings for cosmetics

The Food and Drug Administration may require cosmetics and personal care products to include a warning label stating “The safety of this product has not been determined”—if it finds the products contain ingredients whose safety has not been proven or determined.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

COOL seafood labeling in place

Mandatory country-of-origin labeling for fresh and frozen seafood took effect April 4, 2005. Labeling also must disclose if the fish was caught in the wild or farm-raised.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Next uniform compliance date for labeling

FDA established January 1, 2008, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations issued between March 14, 2005, and December 31, 2006.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Another GMO fight likely

Europe and several of its top trading partners, including the United States, Canada, and Argentina, remain at odds over genetically-modified (GMO) foods.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Looking over our shoulders

Part of my role as Executive Editor is to serve as a “filter” between the information I see from a variety of sources and the information we present in the magazine.

April 30, 2005

Containers

Salons to offer 'therapeutic' hair care

Coextruded bottles and tubes give a newly formulated line of hair care products their unique healthcare aura.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Interphex conference reviews validation

The issue of validation—for virtually any process within a pharmaceutical facility—generated a buzz throughout the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during Interphex 2005, held in New York April 26-28.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Sleeve-labeled milk bottle makes a 'Happy Meal' for McDonald's

McDonald’s doubled its milk sales with last summer’s rollout of 8-oz milks in HDPE bottles. The switch from gable-top cartons prompted significant changes at participating dairies.

April 30, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Robotic workcell boosts output

A new workcell improves injection molder Mar-Lee’s production efficiency and provides benefits for its customers.

April 30, 2005

Containers

Redundancy rules at Old Orchard

Cap coders, case erectors, case packers, and case tapers are redundant to make sure this high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice can produce up to its potential.See video

April 30, 2005

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Case-ready meat is hitting its stride

As more meat packaging is centralized, processors are finding ways to keep meat fresh longer. But how best accomplish that?

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Fish packs with TTIs (sidebar)

If red meat in an MAP format goes bad and should not be eaten, consumers can usually trust both their eyes and noses to tell them not to eat it. Fish is another story.

April 30, 2005