The ‘Fresher for Longer’ campaign, which aims to put an end to years of misunderstanding about the role packaging plays in reducing food waste, was launched this morning at a Marks & Spencer store in Kent and is being backed by ...
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It's a staggering figure – around 2.9m tonnes of food and drink is wasted each year, according to Wrap. It's a number that's been troubling politicians and environmentalists but it is a problem that packaging can help tackle. And ...
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Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
Tags: food, drink, wasted, Packaging, flexible plastics, keeping food fresh
Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
Linde North America has introduced Mapax modified atmosphere packaging solution,which is designed to extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods when compared to packaging in air. The solution uses a combination of food-grade ...
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Supermarket chain in the US, Weis Markets has partnered with custom thermoformed packaging solutions supplier Clearly Clean Products to develop new meat trays that are 100% recyclable. The new modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) trays are ...
Tags: Recyclable Meat Trays, Meat Trays, Trays
Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group has launched the new MAPAX modified atmosphere packaging solution that can extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods. MAPAX uses a combination of gases including food-grade nitrogen, ...
Tags: Modified Atmosphere, Food Packaging, consumer packaged foods
Tulip, a leading producer of processed food in Denmark, has improved the efficiency of its existing gas flushing system and lowered costs with the installation of new equipment from MAP specialist PBI-Dansensor. The company installed the ...
Tags: sausages, installed equipment, analyzer, gas mixer
The active, smart, and sustainable packaging in BRIC countries valued $3.9bn, $2.9bn, $3.3bn and $27.7bn in 2011 are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.80%, 7.14%, 10% and 5.69%, respectively during 2012–16, ...
R&G fresh herbs, a UK-based supplier of fresh cut herbs, has announced the launch of Nature’s Flavours, fresh cut herbs to benefit from Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP). All Nature's Flavours herbs were packed in micro-perforated ...
Tags: micro-perforated bags, Modified Atmosphere Packaging, Nature's Flavours
US packaging technology firm MOCON has struck a deal to acquire Denmark-based specialized instrumentation maker Dansensor for $20m. The agreement which involves certain customary conditions, is expected to be closed by 2 April 2012. The ...
Bosch Packaging Technology is set to feature its new checkweighing technology, the KWE 6000, which enables managers to access production data remotely using a computer or web-enabled mobile device without the requirement of additional ...
In conjunction with America Recycles Day on Nov.15,Weis Markets has announced a store-wide commitment to use 100 percent recyclable modified atmosphere packaging(MAP)meat trays for its fresh meat products.Weis has partnered exclusively with ...
Tags: America Recycles Day, MAP meat trays, Weis Markets, meat packaging
The firm said its Pack 301 Inverted Long Dwell Flow Wrapper (ID) combines the two "proven technologies behind Bosch's inverted and long dwell flow wrappers to create one machine capable of gentle product handling and hermetically sealed ...
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For the past few years, U.S food industry suffered countless violations in food security that resulted to recalls and food alerts. Food breaches didn't only hurt the Consumers but it had given great impact on manufacturers and retail market ...
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