Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1540

Coding, Printing & Labeling

TRANS-FAT LABELING

In July, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration issued a regulation requiring manufacturers to list trans-fatty acids, or trans fat, on the nutrition facts panel of foods and some dietary supplements, beginning Jan.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID STUDY

More than 1.4 billion RFID tags will be used for packaging by 2008, according to the study Radio Frequency Identification for Packaging: Solutions for the Distribution Chain.

July 31, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Molded pulp seminar rescheduled

The Mequon, WI-based International Molded Pulp Environmental Packaging Assn. announced that it has rescheduled its 7th International Molded Pulp Seminar to Feb.

July 31, 2003

Containers

Barrier bottle to broaden Apple & Eve markets

Apple & Eve’s new monolayer barrier PET bottle from Graham Packaging offers the juice packer new ways to market its single-serve 10-oz bottles of juice.

July 31, 2003

Closures

Creating a brand personality

When Coca-Cola's Minute Maid Co. decided to launch its Simply Orange orange juice, it turned to MLR Design for graphics and Lipson Allport Glass & Associates for structural design.

July 31, 2003

Closures

Super-sized design

To answer the consumer call for greater convenience at a better value, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc, maker of Fisher nuts and other snack foods, has expanded from three peanut items in sizes from 16- to 40-oz PET containers to a line of nine flavors packed in various sizes totaling 18 SKUs.

July 31, 2003

Closures

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

July 31, 2003

Closures

Companies

Pester USA Pac Automation (Allendale, NJ) (above) doubled the size of its U.S. headquarters by adding 18ꯠ sq’.

July 31, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

People

Nordenia Intl. (Jackson, MO) hired William R. Burke as president and COO of Nordenia North America.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

MPCs labeling in NY

The New York State Assembly is considering a measure to require a prominent label for products containing milk protein concentrates (MPCs), including the MPCs’ country of origin.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

No dough for COO

A House agriculture subcommittee voted unanimously on June 17 to deny the U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to carry out the COO labeling program contained in last year’s farm bill.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EU and GE crops

In response to a complaint filed by the United States with the World Trade Organization over the European Union’s ban on new genetically engineered foods, reports indicate that the EU will lift the ban but require stricter labeling requirements.

July 31, 2003