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The free, on-floor education program has become an attendee favorite at PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Pharma EXPO.

With "fresh" and "healthy" emerging as food industry buzz words, it's easy to wonder if frozen foods—which almost inherently fail conjure connotations associated with either fresh or healthy products—still appeal to the majority of American consumers.

Nearly three-quarters of consumers say better privacy policies would increase their trust in CP companies, 80% are more likely to buy from companies protecting their information.

Packaging will utilize powerful sensors, fuzzy logic, digital displays and more to improve microwave cooking experience, report finds; packages will be built to intelligently communicate to the consumer when to stir, uncover, add salt, more.

Many companies have successfully gained from this market growth and have identified many new opportunities for growth in the coming years.

Missouri facility employing 118 to close March 11; affected employees to be offered Cargill’s severance plan, relocation support, job fairs

The report analyzes the global nano-enabled packaging market according to three criteria. According to the type of technology, the nano-enabled packaging market is divided into two categories: active packaging and intelligent packaging.

Growing consumer interest in food provenance and production methods is leading to a spike in traceability schemes.

The global food & beverage metal cans market accounted for a volume of 392.99 billion units in 2013, and is projected to reach 467.50 billion units by 2019.

Flexibility, sustainability and serialization were among the market drivers recognized in a report on trends at PACK EXPO International and Pharma EXPO 2014 published this week by show owner and producer PMMI.