As the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) materializes, packaging operations come under a microscope.
August 29, 2013
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), coupled with increased media coverage of food borne illness outbreaks, contributed to the attention that food safety received at Pack Expo International 2012.
Clear Lam Packaging introduces a new generation of Bio-PET structures building upon the company’s growing line of renewable, plant-based rigid rollstock.
Plascon Group’s flexible packaging manufacturing plant in Traverse City, Mich., recently achieved British Retail Consortium global food safety certification.
Scientists at Nofima are participating in a major EU-financed project in which “active” packaging based on raw materials from shrimp shell improves and conserves food products – and after use the packaging biodegrades.
The Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. (FPI) and QSR magazine announces the kick-off of the 2013 Foodservice Packaging Awards competition to honor industry innovation.
Agency doesn't take action on the chemical's use in food cans
July 16, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration said it will no longer allow the use of the chemical
bisphenol-A, or BPA, in packaging for baby formula, but took no action on the
controversial chemical's continued widespread use in food cans.