Revere Packaging has acquired custom trays and container manufacturer Plastic Package for an undisclosed sum. The combined business will be headquartered in Shelbyville in the state of Kentucky. It will meet the current and future food ...
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New York-based meat processor Marathon Enterprises is recalling over 7 million pounds of hot dog products over contamination with extraneous materials, particularly small pieces of bone. According to the US Department of ...
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Cascades Flexible Packaging, a Cascades unit that specializes mainly in the manufacture of flexible plastic packaging for the food market, has earned the IFS PACsecure certification, which is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative ...
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A new report from Smithers Pira expects the worldwide rigid plastic packaging consumption to grow during 2017–2022 at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes. Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging ...
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SIG Combibloc, along with Rio Grande do Sul’s production cooperative Languiru, has introduced a new digital solution for traceability, digital marketing and supply chain optimization. The solution offers transparency for quality and ...
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Neogen has made available next generation sequencing services for the food industry, which will allow food companies to accurately find all bacteria in a sample in a single genomic test. Neogen's new NeoSeek genomic services utilize a ...
Nestlé USA has forayed into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) prepared meals business by acquiring a minority stake in Freshly. The Nestle subsidiary was the leading investor in a $77m funding round in the DTC healthy prepared meals ...
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Tyson Foods is recalling about 2.4 million pounds of ready-to-eat breaded chicken products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens. The known allergen ingredient in the form of milk had come from one of the company's suppliers who ...
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Sealed Air has introduced its latest innovation at the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show, Cryovac FlexPrep, a new flexible pouch system used to dispense condiments and sauces. Today’s foodservice operators are looking for ...
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Graphic Packaging International has developed new DesignerWare fully customisable, paperboard and plastic trays for microwave foods It allows multi-functional cooking options from browning and crisping to cooking from frozen and even ...
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Ardent Mills is recalling several brands of flour and flour products in Canada because of possible E. coli O121 contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has asked the flour-milling company to recall the products partly made by ...
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Ohio-based meat processor John Morrell has issued a recall on various beef frank products over possible foreign matter contamination. The company is recalling about 210,606 pounds of ready-to-eat hot dog products that may be contaminated ...
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The EcoSense certificate, awarded by the Spanish non-profit organisation, Plastic Sense Foundation (PSF), and verified by Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC), has been awarded to LINPAC in recognition of its compliance with PSF ...
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Swedish packaging firm Tetra Pak is using Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality technology to speed-up issue resolution for food manufacturers. The move will reduce machine downtime and productivity loss for the customer, and protect them ...
The PFF Packaging Group has appointed Libby Coe as account manager. Libby brings a wealth of experience to the role having spent 11 years with Anson Packaging, and will work predominantly with PFF customers based in the South of England ...
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