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Conveying & accumulation

Court rules on patent violation

The Garvey Corporation of Blue Anchor, New Jersey, announced today that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has issued an order forbidding Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Fleetwood Inc. and any subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions or related companies, from manufacturing, displaying, promoting, marketing, selling, shipping, distributing, or installing any of Fleetwood's CMAS product accumulators.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Allergen-labeling studies

As part of the new law that requires companies to list the presence of known allergens on food labels, FDA is conducting a consumer survey involving 1ꯠ people with allergies or their caregivers to determine how they prefer to have the allergy-related information presented on labels.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA examining use of color in drug packaging

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research held a public hearing on the current practice of using colors on pharmaceutical product packaging and labeling to help identify, classify, and differentiate drug products.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Splenda ads not splendid

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is calling on the makers of Splenda to change the labeling and advertising of the increasingly popular artificial sweetener.

March 31, 2005

Labeling

COOL labeling adjustments requested

The Food Marketing Institute has asked the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture to make further adjustments to its Interim Final Rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling of fish and shellfish.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry-government clash in Britain over nutrition labels

Efforts by several large food manufacturers to include more nutrition information on packages are creating a rift with Britain’s Food Standards Agency, which hopes to adopt its own labeling recommendations later this year.

March 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Corner labeler

EPI’s Corner Labeling System applies labels to the corners of packages so that batch and product data can be seen on 2 sides of the case. Capable of being integrated with most case packing lines, the labeler is easy to set up and operate and has been engineered to operate 24/7 with low maintenance requirements.

March 31, 2005

Contract Packaging

Healthy outlook for plastic packaging

In 2004, the North American market for plastic packaging in healthcare applications was estimated at 2.5 billion lb. By 2009, the figure is projected to top 3.2 billion lb, according to a report from Business Communications Co. Inc.

March 31, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer survey identifies package challenges

Packaging for liquid soap and for ready-to-eat, precut fruits were identified by consumers as the most consumer-friendly in a new survey and report from Mona Doyle/The Consumer Network.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Clarification

On page 47 of Packaging World’s March coverage of the Flexible Packaging Association’s awards competition, the wrong image appeared with the description of the Autopak® Sterilization Pouch.

March 31, 2005

Protective/transport packaging

At A Glance

When it comes to dunnage or protective packaging for your package shipments, what is your preferred material?

March 31, 2005

Closures

Vendange varietals select Prisma Aseptic

Just months after Canandaigua Wine introduced its Almaden Sangria in a Prisma® Aseptic carton from Tetra Pak, the company has introduced four varieties of its Vendange wines in the same 500-mL carton with an innovative resealable screw cap.

March 31, 2005