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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Delays in allergen labeling bill
After failing to act before the summer break, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions may take action on legislation mandating new requirements on labeling of food products with known allergens among their ingredients.
September 30, 2002

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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Tough tools on food safety
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat and Poultry Act, which would boost the enforcement tools available to USDA and the Food and Drug Administration under their food statutes.
September 30, 2002
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Guidelines for country-of-origin rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is scrambling to develop guidelines for the voluntary phase of the new country-of-origin labeling law, which took effect September 30, 2002.
September 30, 2002
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
MAP protects fresh pork (sidebar)
Material matters
September 30, 2002
Containers
MAP protects fresh pork
Barrier materials, MAP technology, and automation upgrades all combine to help Clougherty Packing extend shelf life and improve quality of ground pork and sausage.See in-plant video
September 30, 2002
New packaging materials at Clougherty Packing include barrier plastic trays and barrier lidding material heat sealed to tray fla
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Mass flow = efficiency squared (sidebar)
Controls clean up on savings
September 30, 2002
Containers
Mass flow = efficiency squared
Unilever cleans up on faster changeovers and washout for monobloc mass-flow fillers on tool-less changeover lines. Network yields big savings.
September 30, 2002
The monobloc filler (left) permits 15-min washouts that are crucial for fast changeover of the nine detergent formulations run.
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Suppliers' salaries similar to packagers' (sidebar)
Supplier survey participants
September 30, 2002
Secondary Packaging
Suppliers' salaries similar to packagers'
Supplier representatives reveal salaries, benefits in exclusive Packworld.com survey.
September 30, 2002
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Flexibles
Bagging output soars at Crunch Pak (sidebar)
Bag film: A ‘touchy’ subject
September 30, 2002
Containers
Bagging output soars at Crunch Pak
Low-profile vf/f/s units designed to reduce bruising pack up to 50 bags/min of different sizes that are sold to schools and stores.See in-plant video
September 30, 2002
One of three baggers inside Crunch Pak's cold room packs a range of sizes including its most popular item, a 1-lb zippered bag
Flexibles
Stand-up pouch earns Merrick's merit
Merrick Petfoods introduces dog food in a resealable stand-up pouch that’s marketed primarily in Europe.
September 30, 2002
Six-color, reverse flexo-printing on Merrick's stand-up pouches of dog food identifies the product variety and its benefits and
Flexible packaging
New exhibitors give Pack Expo a fresh look (sidebar)
Eastman Kodak named Packaging Leader of the Year
September 30, 2002
Pw 15696 Ons Kodak
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