Canada's federal department Health Canada has concluded that the dietary exposure to the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) through food packaging is not expected to create any health risk to the general population, including newborns and young ...
Tags: Dietary, Food Packaging
China’s government officials began the year with assurances to the world that 2013 would mark a new era of food safety. The bureaucrats were still patting each other on the back, when in March, a flotilla of 16,000 dead hogs bobbed ...
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US-based food products distributor Labatt Food Service will use the Where Food Comes From labeling program on its Native American Beef line, a new source verified brand featuring beef raised on Native American tribal ranches exclusively. ...
A new study on peanut allergy, which is being conducted at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK, is expected to make food warning labels clearer for consumers in the UK. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) had commissioned the trial, and ...
Tags: Food Labeling, New Peanut
Switzerland-based food giant Nestlé is investing more than CHF29m ($30m) in new distribution facilities in Russia in order to strengthen its supply chain, a move which is expected to create about 100 new jobs. The investment is a ...
ForeverGreen Worldwide, provider of nutritional foods and other healthy products, has announced that it has forayed into new markets, and is receiving customer sales in 88 countries worldwide, up from 17 in 2012. Recently, the company has ...
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The mark used by Capstan Glass resembles a “pawn” chess piece, but actually represents a CAPSTAN, the “spool-like” contraption installed on ships, docks, etc to move, pull or lift heavy items, often seen with cables ...
Tags: packer glass, glass
Finland-based Oy Roberts has appointed DB Schenker Logistics for the storage and distribution of their food products such as jams, marmalades, fillings, dessert sauces and flavors as well as raw materials and semi-manufactured product ...
Tags: Oy Roberts, Food Distribution
France-based Lecta has launched the new ‘Labels to Celebrate’ line of pressure-sensitive labels, which have been designed for applications such as wine and spirits, champagne, and water as well as gourmet food products. ...
UK-based packaging supplier Planglow has unveiled a new compostable Natural Pot, which is suitable for food products such as ice cream or frozen yogurt as well as porridge, pasta and soup. According to the company, the new 12oz. Natural ...
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The quantity of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons from the kerbside has reached 50%, leading to an increase of their recycling, according to The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK. The achievement, ...
Organic baby food company Ella’s Kitchen has been acquired by US firm Hain Celestial for an undisclosed sum. Paul Lindley will head up Hain Celestial’s new Global Infant, Toddler & Kids Division The deal, announced ...
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US-based Hain Celestial has acquired of Ella's Kitchen, a manufacturer and distributor of organic baby food, for an undisclosed amount. The company has also formed a Global Infant, Toddler & Kids Division under Hain Celestial US. Ella's ...
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UK-based retailer Waitrose has revamped the packaging of all the 49 products in its Menu prepared meals range, as part of its efforts to cut its packaging in half by 2016. The width of the sleeves on the outside of the products has been ...
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The UK’s largest poultry processor Moy Park has announced a strong recovery in trading performance for last year, with pre-profits up to 24.4M for 2012 for 2012, compared with 4.8M in 2011. Moy Park delivered a strong performance in ...