New solid-state heating element can be configured into a variety of shapes, and turns on with the push of a button. Entrepreneurs hope market warms to self-heat deviceA startup business
Pallets are a base for loads of goods. Now they’re the basis for a war.The decision to use wood or plastic pallets has centered mainly on logistics: whether and how
Visiting researcher Sanghyup Jeong loads samples of lettuce into a prototype X-ray device at Michigan State. As food-safety scandals continue to mount and government leaders debate how to monitor the
Packaging is still perceived as a high priority in consumer goods despite the bad economic situation, according to a recent report from Clear Seas Research, a sister company of Food
The leading U.S. producer of biopolymers is claiming that at least three sorting systems on the market today can sort bio-based plastic efficiently enough for commercial recycling operations. A recycling
British food retailer Tesco is in the midst of an experimental program encouraging shoppers to leave excess packaging behind before they leave the store. The six-week program, begun April 1
A seafood canner in Washington state has become one of the few U.S. food processors to stop using metal cans lined with bisphenol-A (BPA). Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics,
With the demonization of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), sugar is making something of a comeback on ingredient lists. HFCS has long been preferred as a sweetener because of its advantages
Retail foodservice, meaning food, drug, discount, department and club stores, represent 6% of the roughly 62 billion commercial foodservice meals and snacks consumed in a year, according to a report
Satisfaction with Wages and EarningsSource: Institute of Packaging Professionals, 630-544-5050; www.iopp.org Happy workers are usually productive workers. Packaging professionals must be productive because they’re pretty happy. So says the 2008
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