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Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Newly-designed labeling Web site goes live

A new “Live Help” feature gives registered visitors to this Web site instant access to a live person who can answer questions pertaining to their labelers.

October 31, 2004

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FDA ruling

Over-the-counter sunscreen products will not have to implement the new drug facts rule establishing standardized format and content requirements for labeling OTC drugs until the Food and Drug Administration finishes additional rule making for sunscreens.

October 31, 2004

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Labeling and obesity

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, September 15, 2004, NFPA said the nutrition information on food packaging can play an important role in addressing obesity.

October 31, 2004

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Soy or not

The Japanese are pressing the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission to set an international standard for the manufacture and labeling of soy sauce. Japan, for both commercial and cultural reasons, wants the standard to be based on the traditional “natural brewing” process that blends wheat, soybeans, and a mold and lets it ferment for several months before being refined.

October 31, 2004

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Cost of materials causing shifts

Survey shows that manufacturers are indeed feeling the effects of cost increases in packaging materials. Changing specs and suppliers are two remedies.

October 31, 2004

Flexibles

Costs of resin and films primary issue to converters

The rising costs of raw materials—and the inability to pass through price increases to customers—rank as the primary business concern of flexible packaging converters, according to the State of the Industry Report, compiled by the Flexible Packaging Assn.

October 31, 2004

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RFID investments (sidebar)

The survey also asked participants whether their companies had invested time or money into investigating radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for their packaging operations during the last year.

October 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Smarter packaging

RFID and security technology, especially authenticating methods, headlined a recent Smart Packaging conference outside Chicago.

October 31, 2004

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RFID at HP: Update and advice

"You need to make RFID happen,” Hewlett Packard’s manager of packaging engineering John Hayward told those gathered at the Smart Packaging conference in September.

October 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

New programming, controller restores efficiency

Fruit and vegetable canner finds that a proactive upgrade on its tray packer/shrink-wrapper system brings quick payback.

October 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Five Packaging Tactics Deliver 'Show Biz' at Retail

Bulk displays and more intense messaging are among the tools that gain sales in retail outlets.

October 31, 2004