BASF’s water-based adhesive systems are an environmentally compatible and economically rewarding alternative to conventional technologies when it comes to lamination of flexible food packaging. This is the outcome of a recent ...
The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the introduction of a new nutrition-facts panel on the back of the packaged food and beverage products which will now carry information on sugar content added by manufacturers and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working on revising the regulations related to the use of terms such as ‘healthy’ on food labels by manufacturers. The FDA has completed collecting inputs on how it should define ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $4.7m grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects, which will enable farmers and small food processors, vegetable and fruit merchants and others to ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has given green signal for folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval will allow manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, making ...
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Anchor Packaging, in partnership with Metaphase, has launched Safe Pinch, a new line of tamper-evident food containers to meet the growing demand for to-go packaging. Jointly developed over a 2-year period, the Safe Pinch packaging is ...
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Flowers Foods is voluntarily recalling Cobblestone Bread Co. Wheat English Muffins with the UPC # 0 72250 01316 1 and best by dates of October 28, 2015 through April 10, 2016 because they contain undeclared milk. People who have allergies ...
US-based company Bumble Bee Foods has issued a voluntary recall of more than 31,579 tuna products over contamination issues. The company has cited "process deviations" to have occurred in a co-pack facility which is not owned or ...
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Nestle USA has recalled around three million boxes of DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products saying they might contain glass pieces. The company said that the source of glass could be spinach which was a common ...
The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
Chinese researchers have developed a heavy-ion medical accelerator to be used in radiotherapy for cancer, researchers said Thursday. A recent test of the machine's beam was successful, marking the end of China's dependence on imported ...
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A listed Chinese herbal medicine maker on Thursday said its compound flu formula has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical tests. The decision has paved the way for Chinese herbal medicine to ...
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China Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that a credit rating system will be introduced into the food and drug industries. The authorities plan to collect information about credit standing of food and drug producers and ...
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On the afternoon of November 23, the 26th China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade concluded successfully in Guangzhou. After the meeting, the Alternative Trade Representative of the Ministry of Commerce Zhang Xiangchen, together ...