Romania this afternoon (11 February) insisted the two slaughterhouses in the country under scrutiny over horse meat contamination have not broken EU food rules. Victor Ponta, the Romanian Prime Minister, said the slaughterhouses under ...
Tags: Romania, scrutiny, horse meat
John Lewis, the UK department store retailer, is running a trial of graphic epaper display systems at its Exeter store. Manufacturer ZBD has supplied the epaper displays and Pierhouse has provided the retail information and pricing ...
Tags: John Lewis, graphic epaper display systems, Exeter store, ZBD
CATRENE, the EUREKA Cluster for European co-operative R&D in micro and nanoelectronics (Σ! 4140), opens its 6th Call for project proposals. The call will be open from 04 February 2013 until 02 April 2013. The labelling of projects, ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada have advised manufacturers and importers of grain-based products that precautionary labelling for soy is not required on these products when a low level of soy is present due to ...
Tags: Grain Products, Precautionary Labeling, Food
UK-based Systems Labelling has announced the launch of its new product the ‘Ecoplas’ label, which offers an alternative to paper labels when used on plastic bottles. According to the company, the Ecoplas label is suited to ...
Almac has cleared the FDA inspection and begun US commercial packaging operations in Audubon, Pennsylvania. The FDA concluded that the site is compliant with good manufacturing practices, with no 483 issued. Almac quality vice president ...
According to the barcode and labelling kit manufacturer, the range offers high speed data transmission and prints at speeds of 254 and 203mm per second. The product is available in three models: combo, LAN and wireless LAN model. Ikuo ...
Tags: Sato, Printers, wireless LAN model
The Germany-based firm said that Corona treatment is a process that not only enables the production of coloured chips bags and fruit labels but is also used in the labelling of cosmetics tubes and jars, and is of extreme importance in foil ...
Tags: Ahlbrandt System, Removable Electrode Cartridge, Electronics
A strong line-up of speakers from around the world has already been confirmed for day one and two (13 & 14 March 2013) of the upcoming Interstoff Asia Essential Spring trade fair, to be held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention ...
Tags: Eco-Textile Label, Exhibitors, Interstoff
Swiss food firm Nestlé has introduced new digital labelling scheme that gives instant access to information about the nutritional profile and environmental and social impacts of the company's products. The move is a part of ...
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Arrow Electronics has opened a European connector assembly facility in Venlo, Netherlands. The intention is to support companies in the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors with made-to-order connectors and assemblies. The facility ...
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The news comes as the Canadian labelling giant announced that it had plans to buy two business units from Avery Dennison for $500 million cash. In a statement about pulling out from the John Watson & Co deal, CCL said that both parties ...
If ‘Horse-gate’ has anything to tell us, it’s that tight margins make for cut corners. Lessons, no doubt, will be learned. However, as any fool knows: pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys (maybe even to eat). An ...
Tags: labelling, packaging, packaging industry
Nestle has launched labels in the UK it claims will give consumers instant access to information about the nutritional profile and environmental and social impacts of its products. The labels, which will be used worldwide, will allow ...
Tags: Nestle, digital labelling, diet
The Canadian federal government plans to repeal the law that regulates the sizes of packaged foods sold in Canada. The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada national president Wayne Hanley has written an open letter to Canadian ...