Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
Tags: lower feed costs, the pork market, PEDv
China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...
Tags: Curbing Demand, Tax Change
Pet toys are gifts of love, bought on impulse. And what triggers that impulse is the packaging they see when they walk into a pet store or grooming studio. That packaging has to make pet owners stop, look and love – instantly - or ...
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Macfarlane's Reseal-it is an easy open, re-closable labelling system, which allows consumers to easily open products and reseal them again, without the fuss of cling film or storage containers. This ensures freshness and pack integrity ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, labelling system, labels
SATO has developed a new food label printer which enables food producers and operators to comply with the allergen labelling changes with the minimum of effort and change to existing procedures. With the company's new solution, food ...
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28 Jan 2014 With a dozen annual conference and exhibition events under its belt, Pharmapack Europe is gearing up for one that has innovation at its epicentre. Compliance and safety issues are directing much of the innovation seen in ...
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Online retailer Amazon is expected to begin ‘anticipatory shipping’ in the near future, after successfully taking out a patent on the concept in December. The modelis based on Amazon’s significant customer history data ...
Last week federal agriculture Gerry Ritz told those on hand for the 2014 Banff Pork Seminar, working with all of our partners, Canada will keep up the pressure on the U.S. administration to address Country of Origin Labelling. He remains ...
UK Flammability Regulations for Upholstered Furniture Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Following the recent BBC investigation into upholstery on sale in the UK containing foams and fabrics that do not comply with British ...
Tags: BBC, FIRA, Tristine Hargreaves, UK
An analysis of takeaway pizzas, including those from major Australian chains, supermarkets and gourmet independent outlets, showed more than half of the pizzas tested had more salt, sugar or fat in their products than stated on the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, pizzas
At this year’s Packaging Innovations, Epson will be demonstrating the latest developments in packaging and labelling solutions. On display will be the Epson TM-C3500 colour label printer and the GP-C831 rugged inkjet, tractor feed ...
Tags: Epson, Colour Label Kit
The food industry is calling on ASEAN Member States to speed up the harmonisation of food standards across ASEAN to unlock the economic potential of the agri-food sector and accelerate progress towards a single economic community by 2015. ...
The chair of Manitoba Pork Council reports there's a growing recognition in the U.S. of the damage being caused by U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling. A delegation representing Manitoba Pork Council has completed a trade advocacy ...
Tags: M-Cool Builds, Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council, Mandatory COOL
Australia's proposed Health Star Rating System for food labelling New Zealand’s nutritional food labels are not as effective as once thought and could be impacting on the health of New Zealanders, according to new research from the ...
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By Bruce Cochrane The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says the organization's trade advocacy missions to the U.S. have been highly successful in building awareness of issues of mutual concern to producers on both sides of the border. ...
Tags: trade advocacy missions, mutual concern, Manitoba Pork Council, US