New Zealand Government has announced plans to introduce a new Health Star Rating food labeling system, which will help in making healthy food choices. New Zealand Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye said that cabinet has agreed to adopt ...
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South African printing and publishing company Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers has received green signal from the Competition Tribunal to acquire the Nampak Cartons and Labels division in South Africa. The acquisition will allow ...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced plans to amend the existing rules with regard to the labeling of products. Following the introduction of new rules, the labels on the packaged food will highlight ...
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Charleston, South Carolina-based King of Pops, is recalling banana puddin’ pops and keylime pie pops after the US FDA found that the labels did not reveal clear picture of its ingredients. According to FDA, the product may contain ...
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ABC Research Laboratories, a US-based food testing and consulting laboratory, has secured approval as a General Mills Approved Laboratory. The laboratory will now test ingredients that are supplied for General Mills' 89 individual ...
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Charleston, South Carolina-based King of Pops, is recalling banana puddin’ pops and keylime pie pops after the US FDA found that the labels did not reveal clear picture of its ingredients. According to FDA, the product may contain ...
Tags: Charleston, banana puddin, Food
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), together with three other US food industry groups, has filed a lawsuit challenging Vermont’s mandatory GMO food labeling law. The new law, which would take effect from 1 July 2016, ...
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More than half of consumers believe the demand for eco-friendly apparel will continue to grow. The challenge for eco-friendly manufacturers is to ensure that every piece of a clothing line is green – down to the finest details ...
US-based medical device manufacturer Rhythmlink International has announced plans to invest in a new automated packaging line at its Richland County facility in the Columbia Industrial Park. The company intends to invest $1.4m to install ...
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Norwegian food production company Mills DA has relaunched its Soft Flora and Vita hjertego' margarine products in an updated bespoke pack supplied by RPC Superfos. The food company's latest move to adopt renewed and improved packaging ...
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Food industry’s trade association, the Grocery Manufacturers Association in the US and other industry groups have filed a suit in federal court to block Vermont’s genetically modified organisms (GMO) labeling law. Filed in the ...
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UK-based supermarket chain Marks & Spencer (M&S) plans to use new laser tattooing technology to label its fruits in place of traditional paper-based labels. M&S has signed an agreement with Spanish company Laser Food to trial the ...
Not all cigarettes are the same. Some brands have higher cigarette tar than others. The Consumer Council in China recently cited laboratory tests that found some brands of tobacco have tar levels that are 15 times higher than others. ...
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US-based egg producer Quality Egg has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a fine of $6.8m for selling substandard eggs with false labeling and tainted products that resulted in nationwide outbreak of salmonella in 2010. Back then, the ...
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) announces that Juanita D. Duggan, an experienced trade association executive and lobbyist, will join the association on July 1 as President & CEO. "Juanita has demonstrated time and ...