According to recent research from Mintel, sales of gum, mints and breath fresheners have actually seen an uptick through the recession, increasing over 10% since 2007. The consumer insight company
Asda, Boots, Tesco and Sainsbury’s-some of the UK’s biggest retailers-have voluntarily agreed to reduce the carbon footprint of their grocery packaging by 10% by 2012, according to Waste & Resources
by Rick Lingle, Executive Editor Neuroscience will be useful as a packaging development tool, but convenience is diminishing in prominence, a packaging executive of Campbell Soup said March 3 during
In the most sweeping such action in recent history, the Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to 17 food and beverage companies, including three units of Nestlé SA,
Packexpo.com now features online registration for Pack Expo International 2010 at McCormick Place in Chicago, to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Show organizer Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) estimates this
The Institute of Packaging Professionals is offering $2,500 scholarships for four packaging students. Candidates must be students in their junior or senior year, pursuing a degree at an accredited college,
An article in the current Journal of the American Medical Association maintains that front-of-package nutrition claims should not be allowed on food and beverage products, a Forbes.com health care blog
This fall’s Pack Expo International will feature several enhancements, including a co-location partnership with the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).Pack Expo, organized by PMMI, will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at
There are no issues more crucial that food safety, a widespread concern addressed by a newly released ISO standard for radio-frequency identification. The release on Feb. 12 of the new
Chocoholics take heart: The confectionary industry is leveraging the reported benefits of flavanols found in chocolate through a new on-package logo developed by Mars Inc. Flavanols, natural compounds found in
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