Last week, Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, CA, recalled approximately 8.7 million pounds of beef because USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found that the company had processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out ...
Tags: Nestlé, Hot Pockets
Willy Wonka is at it again. Not since Violet Beauregarde furiously chewed on a three-course meal piece of gum and suffered the consequences has the confectionery category seen such high levels of innovation and new product development ...
Asked where the focus for developments is on blister packaging lines, Bernd Webel, sales director with? Romaco, is unequivocal in his response: "Romaco Noack focuses on the constant improvement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) ...
Tags: Blister Packaging, Innovation
UK-based paint manufacturer Little Greene Paint Company has adopted the 'Widely Recycled at Local Council Recycling Centers' label on its metal paint cans. Developed by the Ardagh Group, the metal cans are claimed to be produced using a ...
Tags: Metal Paint Cans, Packaging
The new pack called 'SprayPET' is ideal for a variety of personal care and home care products, such as creams, shaving gels, sun tan lotions, hair care products, polishes and surface cleaners. According to APPE, the 335ml PET aerosol ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastic Aerosol Pack
UK-based establishment Loch Duart Artisan Smokehouse has expanded the recall of its Oak Smoked Salmon as Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in the product, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In August, the company issued ...
Tags: Food Standards, Food
Fresherized Foods, a US-based producer of refrigerated guacamole, has introduced an easy-to-open Mini Dipping Cups – the new Wholly Guacamole Mini. According to the company, the Minis are all natural, gluten free, contain no ...
The TBC installation includes a C Series Sack Placer, with a multi-pile sack magazine. Using a vacuum system, the sack placer automatically lifts individual bags from a stack and places them onto the sack clamp. Pasta Foods also opted for ...
Carton packaging and filling machines supplier SIG Combibloc has introduced the new heat-resistant combisafe carton pack, an additional long life food packaging technology. According to the company, combisafe can be sterilized in an ...
The carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food specialist said that its new Combisafe heat-resistant carton pack can be sterilised in an autoclave. According to SIG Combibloc, its new pack offers the manufacturer ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carton packaging, filling machines
The latest on-pack promotional campaign for Mexico's "king of chocolate" has turned to gold using Supastrip VDP tear ctape from packaging solutions provider Payne. The variable data printed tear tape was used to promote the unique codes ...
Tags: Chocolate Bar, Nestle, Unwraps
Linkx Systems has developed and installed a new robotic palletizer system for Unilever Bestfoods plant in Norwich. Unilever Bestfoods approached Linkx to provide automatic palletizing for random packs of cook-in sauces from three adjacent ...
Tags: Linkx Systems, Bestfoods
British Bakels has purchased a twin tube intermittent packaging machine TG250LFT from HayssenSandiacre, which produces readymade piping bags, using its specially modified jaws. The machine reduces floor space compared to two single ...
Tags: Packaging Machine, Packaging
Bakery ingredients firm British Bakels is splashing out 2.5M on new plant, equipment and premises at its Bicester site, bosses have revealed. Bakels’ investment programme includes this new tumble mixing system, supplied by Matcon, ...
Tags: Ingredients Firm, Food
A biscuit manufacturer has secured a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester Investment Fund to expand its business and create more than 45 jobs. Hill Biscuits will create more than 45 new jobs after a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester ...
Tags: Biscuit Firm, Biscuit, biscuit manufacturer