The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new regulation defining the term gluten-free for voluntary food labeling, in order to provide a uniform standard definition to help up to 3 million Americans who have celiac disease. ...
Tags: Gluten-Free Labelling
Capable of speeds up to 100 a minute in reclosable, MAP mode, the new Scirocco-ZIP uses either zipper or mini-hook profile yet can be changed over to produce pillow packs at speeds up to 150 a minute in less than 20 minutes, according to ...
The strategic alliance covers the UK, US and Australian markets and will involve expanding supply of aluminium foil-based flexible packaging in those markets. Food packaging supplier KM Packaging specialises in logistics, supply chain ...
US-based biotechnology company Life Technologies is expanding its global food safety solutions range with the worldwide distribution of its RT-qPCR assays. The assays are designed to detect Norovirus GI and Norovirus GII, Hepatitis A, and ...
Tags: Life Technologies, Food Safety
SCS Global Services (SCS), a provider of third-party auditing and certification of food quality and food safety claims, has expanded its food safety services for producers, food companies, and retailers. SCS new offerings - Harmonized ...
Tags: Food Safety, SCS Global Services
Chinese food companies are struggling to regain consumers' confidence in their products amid controversial food safety crises. Tainted milk powder, drainage oil, vegetables and fruits with pesticide residue, have remained some of the ...
EHL Ingredients, a leading supplier of food ingredients, has launched Organic Smoked Spanish Paprika - a new organic ingredient, in the UK. Organic Smoked Spanish Paprika is a fine red powder with a pleasant smokey aroma. The product's ...
Tags: Spanish Paprika, EHL Ingredients
Retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies today are dealing with new rules of consumer engagement as they seize opportunities from advanced technology and the digitally connected consumer, according to the 2013 Financial ...
Tags: CPG, Packaging&Printing, Digital
New trade talks between the EU and US will create growth opportunities for Europe's food and drink industry, claim manufacturers, who together exported £11.67bn of food and drink to the country last year. Trading places: New US/EU ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Meat products firm Gilbert's Foods plans to invest millions in its supply chain after securing £2.4M worth of finance from HSBC. Gilbert's Foods supplies products designed for re-heating via microwave, oven, boil-in-the-bag, grill ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
US-based 3M Food Safety has unveiled a new pathogen detection technology - 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System, which provides detection and biochemical confirmation of Salmonella in enriched food and food process environmental samples. ...
Scottish food and drink manufacturers have led the country’s manufacturing sector to achieve a record £21M of business efficiency savings in the past year, according to new figures from Scottish Enterprise. Scottish food ...
Food manufacturers have an untapped source of export opportunities on their doorstop which could provide greater riches than the much touted BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) regions. Food exports to Central and Eastern Europe ...
Tags: Exports to Central and Eastern Europe, UK Trade&Industry, BRIC countries
KM Packaging Services has developed a new anti-fogging lidding film, Fog Buster for foil trays, for the benefit of food manufacturers. It offers better clarity even through multiple temperature variables. The film retains clarity and seal ...
Packaging-centric supply chain services company Coregistics has acquired substantially all of the assets of US-based Cano Packaging, for an undisclosed value. The combination of the two companies is expected to increase Coregistics ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging-centric