The GS1 GoScan smart device app that enables consumers to know if a food product suits their special dietary needs with a simple scan of a barcode has been acknowledged as a 'game changer' – shifting the power to the consumer via ...
Echo Brand Design founder and managing director Nick Dormon told Packaging News that designers had developed good useable solutions and easy-to-open packs but "manufacturers are not taking them up". His comments follow a recently ...
Market research specialist Which? interviewed 2,000 consumers for its latest survey. It said that one in five people claim their food choices are "limited" by complicated packaging when they are out shopping at the supermarket. ...
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Senator Kate Lundy, GS1 Australia's CEO Maria Palazzolo, GS1 Australia's manager consumer goods Sean Sloan, Catherine Caruana-McManus from Smarter Planet and cities executive IBM Australia and New Zealand. GS1 Australia and the Australian ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new regulation defining the term "gluten-free" for voluntary food labeling. This will provide a uniform standard definition to help the up to 3 million Americans who have celiac disease, an ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new regulation, under which products labeled gluten-free must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. The regulation has been issued in order to provide a uniform ...
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The rise of the "hybrid consumer" is an emerging trend with significant implications for food companies, food retailers and foodservice companies. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are becoming less interested in ...
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The most sensible shopper? The premium-value food retailing trend will be driven partly by 'more objective' women enjoying greater purshasing power Consumers are becoming less interested in mid-market products, preferring to trade down ...
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With as many as 1 in 10 Australian infants suffering from a food allergy, Food Allergy Week is an annual national campaign by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) that helps promote and develop the awareness of food allergy and ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that the organic producers in the country will have increased opportunities to export their products, while people in the country will have more organic food choices to purchase, ...
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A recent survey from the GoodLife Recipe Pet Food company provided by (www.mediapost.com) website states that two-thirds of pet owners don't consider cost when selecting a dog food or cat food. Their survey states that nearly 60% of pet ...
Officially launching after three years in development, GS1 GoScan is Australia's first whole-of-industry endorsed iPhone application that enables consumers to know if a food product suits their special dietary needs with the simple scan of ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 3/18/2013 2:51:40 PM Family-owned Foster Farms today announced last week that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association. The ...
Elevation Brands, LLC and Ian's unveiled new products and packaging at Natural Products Expo West held March 7-10 by signaling a strong declaration for the allergy-friendly food company's product and marketing strategy under the new tagline ...
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Curwood, a Bemis Company has collaborated with Swedish firm MicVac to develop a new microwave pasteurized cooking and packaging method for chilled ready meals in North, South and Central America. Curwood Marketing director David Engen ...
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