Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss is calling on retailers to better label British produce in supermarkets, in a bid to support struggling dairy farmers in the country. The supermarkets in the country may be forced by the government to ...
Housewives compare prices every day, including Zhang Ming, a 60-year-old retired woman who frequents a supermarket in Beijing's Fengtai district. On Sunday morning, she spent 45 yuan ($7.30) on 1 kg of pork fillet. "It's amazing ...
Tags: Pork, vegetables
More than three quarters of consumers surveyed by Tetra Pak said their decision to select a beverage brand depended largely on whether its packaging was environmentally sound. The new study, commissioned by Tetra Pak's Environment ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Bottles, Tetra Pak
Germany-based Bosch Packaging Technology will showcase its latest technologies for packaging bars and baked items in its maiden appearance at IBA 2015, in Munich, in September. The company's Pack 301 LS (Length Slug) mid-range automation ...
Beverage packaging that scores on the environmental front is influencing the purchase decision of consumers, finds a survey undertaken for Tetra Pak in 12 countries. According to Environment Research 2015, 75% of the respondents said that ...
US-based consumer products firm Jarden is inching towards sealing a $1.35bn deal for acquiring disposable plastic cups, plates and cutlery maker Waddington Group. Jarden, which has outshone bidders in the last few days, reached an ...
Tags: consumer products, plastic cups, plastic plates, plates bags
Bosch Packaging Technology has revamped its Delta lineup by introducing D3 robotic platform capable of dealing with higher payloads in the food industry. Drawn from an open platform with GD series Delta robot, D3 offers enhanced pick ...
Tags: packaging technology, D3 robotic platform, packaging machine, Delta robot
The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) met in Hobart today and considered a range of food regulation matters. The Forum comprises all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food ...
Tags: food regulation, food safety
Connell Brothers (CBC), the largest specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor in Asia-Pacific have been appointed to represent FMC in the Taiwan market for FMC's food ingredient business starting 8 August, 2015. In this new ...
Tags: Connel Brother, chemical distribution, FMC, chemicals
Recent turbulence in the raw material supply chain is forcing Europe’s leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC to increase its rigid and flexible packaging prices, but this will not impact the Australian market. The ...
Tags: Linpac, raw material
The company has considered the recent turbulence in its raw material supply chain and concluded that a rise in packaging prices is inevitable in the face of current sharp cost increases. Bart Stubbe, director of purchasing at Linpac, ...
Tags: raw material, packaging
Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the ...
The government of Ontario in Canada is investing around $5.2m in food projects to encourage local food production in the province. The funding is a part of the Ontario government's strategy to increase consumer awareness of and access to ...
Tags: Food Production, Food
German eco-business firms Zelfo Technology and Upgrading have teamed up to introduce an up-cycled packaging material based on wheat straw for the food industry. The Micro and Nano Fibrillated Cellulose (M/NFC) packaging solution ...
UK-based Industrial Washing Machines (IWM) has introduced new weigh pan washers for the food industry. Available in three models, the new weigh pan washers can be used in manufacturing plants, to sanitize pans after they have been used ...