As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a survey released today reported that all of the canned foods tested for Bisphenol A (BPA) were safe to consume. BPA was not detected in 98.5 ...
Tags: Canned Food, Bisphenol
The complaint alleges that Beijing KMT Technology Co., Ltd (Beijing KMT) infringed Dow Corning's Chinese patent by manufacturing and selling products using proprietary Dow Corning silicone technology under the Beijing KMT label. The ...
Olympus Partners, a US-based private equity firm, is set to acquire protective packaging materials and systems manufacturer Pregis Corporation North America. Pregis president and CEO Kevin Baudhuin said the company has established a track ...
Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS), the world’s leading provider of RFID-based inventory management solutions for apparel, announced further details of its ability to meet the requirements of the licensing ...
Tags: Apparel Brands, RFID Tracking
The global PET packaging market is worth $48.1 billion in 2014, amounting to almost 16 million tonnes according to a new market report from Smithers Pira. Demand for PET packaging is expected to increase by an average of 4.6% annually ...
Tags: Packaging Material, PET packaging
Protective packaging materials manufacturer Pregis has announced plans to install new custom-built converting line at its manufacturing plant located at Plymouth in Indiana, US. The new equipment is said to be deployed to manufacture ...
It is well known for its global standards in four areas, producing much literature on these topics: Food safety Consumer products Packaging and packaging materials Storage and distributionworld. Consumer and industry ...
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January 27, 2003, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted Directive 2002/95/EC, that is, "in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive" (The Restriction of the use ...
Tags: RoHS certification, certification, RoHS
The company must handle, supervise and process Halal product only. The contents of raw material, processed product or additives must be Halal. The items must be similar as per the list mentioned in the application form. The ...
Tags: HALAL Standard, HALAL, HALAL Certification, certification
When it comes to Halal food, most people think of meat products only. However, Muslims must ensure that all foods, particularly processed foods, pharmaceuticals and non food items like cosmetics are also Halal. Often these products contain ...
Tags: Halal Certification, certification, Certification Rules, Halal
The EU's Food Information Regulation, adopted in September 2011, replaces Food Labelling Regulation, and has been designed to simplify labelling by streamlining existing legislation into a single EU regulation. While it is good news for the ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
Interpack is feeling confident that 2014 will be its best year yet. It has a high number of returning exhibitors as well as a collection of very eager newbies, each with new advances to show and new advantages to share. interpack 2014 is ...
Qixia District Council in China has placed an order with Australian packaging materials manufacturer Cardia Bioplastics for 500,000 Biohybrid kitchen waste bags. Manufactured using Cardia's proprietary Biohybrid technology, the bags ...
Tags: Biohybrid Bags, Qixia District Council, packaging materials
The next interpack, 8-14 May in Dusseldorf, will introduce an event called Components and a congress by Save Food, the global initiative that welcomed its 100th major participant at the end of 2013 – Nestle. Components? Anyone ...
Videojet has introduced the new thermal ink jet printer Videojet 8610, which offers high resolution print on non-porous packaging materials such as films, foils, plastics, and coated stocks. The new printer, which has a controller with ...
Tags: Print System, Videojet, ink jet printer