The Federal Trade Commission announced an Enforcement Policy Statement regarding the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act,the Wool Products Labeling Act,and the Fur Products Labeling Act concerning treatment of certain retailers that ...
Amazon,Inc.;Leon Max,Inc.;Macy's,Inc.;and Sears,Roebuck and Co.and its Kmart subsidiaries,Kmart Corporation and Kmart,have agreed to pay penalties totaling$1.26 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the ...
The number of eco-labels in the food industry is expected to continue to proliferate in 2013. More than 200 seals and logos represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry. Organic ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
US-based Woodstock is voluntarily recalling a single lot of its Tamari Almonds as they may contain soy that is not mentioned on the back label of the packages, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Woodstock noted that ...
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US-based Southwest Ice Cream Specialties is voluntarily recalling ShurFine brand Creamery Select Dulce de Leche ice cream as it may contain praline pecan ice cream, which contains wheat, soy and pecans as ingredients, which are not ...
We asked Stephen Lloyd,director of marketing and business development for Systems Labelling,to provide us with additional details regarding the company's intriguing R-IML technology that makes the in-mold labels for in-mold labeling ...
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General Mills recently put up a Facebook app asking consumers to share what one of their products,Cheerios,meant to them.The app was appropriated by proponents of Proposition 37,most of them protesting the company's$1.1 million contribution ...
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ID Technology, a division of packaging company Pro Mach is all set to expand its capabilities for serving customers throughout the Southeastern US with the acquisition of Logmatix Labels & Tags. According to Pro Mach, Logmatix's strength ...
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Sun European Partners’ affiliate has acquired a majority stake in Paragon Print and Packaging, the UK-based packaging and outsourced services provider, to the private label fresh and chilled food market. Terms of the deal were not ...
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Sagent Pharmaceuticals has introduced Flumazenil Injection, USP, available in two latex-free vials featuring the PreventIV Measures packaging and labeling. The benzodiazepine antagonist is indicated for the complete or partial reversal of ...
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The Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued a Gazette Notification that mandates producers of packaged food to reveal the genetically-modified (GM) ingredients, in their product if used any. The new ...
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Canada-based Kinnikinnick Foods is voluntarily recalling its own brand Pie Crusts as the product contains egg that is not mentioned on the labeling, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The product subject to recall ...
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Due to the increasing demand for fiber-based packaging based on renewable materials, Stora Enso Speciality Papers broadens its MediaSet basis weight offering; the line is now available in basis weights of 80, 90 and 100 gsm. Specially ...
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US-based food company General Mills and consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) have settled a lawsuit over the company's Fruit Roll-Ups product label. According to the settlement, the company will have to ...
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