The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is evaluating the packaging standards for commodities like flour and rice. Consumers will be inspired to only purchase products, which meet the packaging and labeling criteria. BSJ standards ...
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A new set of rules for organic farming has been endorsed by the European Council (EC) with an aim to provide uniform quality organic food items to consumers across the continent. The EC says that the new rules will simplify and harmonise ...
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Fifty50 Foods has designed new packaging for its certified low-glycemic products, which are produced for people living with diabetes. The company produces a variety of certified low-glycemic foods ranging from peanut butters and fruit ...
Epson America announced the ColorWorks C7500 is the first color label printer to be certified by Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a provider of fresh item, recipe management, and scales management software to the grocery retail and food ...
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Post Holdings has agreed to acquire Ohio-based sausage maker Bob Evans Farms for nearly $1.5bn to strengthen its position in refrigerated retail and food-service channels. The acquisition, which will see the American packaged foods ...
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Lacerta Group, a US-based plastics thermoformer company, has expanded its Fresh n’ Sealed anti-tamper food packaging range to applications beyond cold foods by using Milliken’s NX UltraClear polypropylene (PP). It uses US ...
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Food processing technology provider 915 Labs has launched a new food processing system that increases the shelf life of food items without adding preservatives. Named as the microwave assisted thermal sterilization (MATS), the new system ...
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Ardian has divested its stake in Germany-based food company frostkrone for an undisclosed sum to Emeram Capital Partners. frostkrone, which was established in 1997, manufactures frozen finger food and snack products in Europe. The ...
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In Bentonville, Arkansas, there’s a building where delicious things are happening. It’s the Culinary & Innovation Center — just opened in June — where Walmart’s private brands team is developing new items, ...
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced FreshFocus Technology for bread & pastries, as part of its LUXEON Stylist Series of LEDs (designed to provide the lighting environment for fashion retail stores, fresh food markets and ...
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French scientists have launched a new device which can trick the brain in thinking that food contains more fat, salt or sugar than what it actually has. The device was unveiled by scientists of the Centre des Sciences du Goût de ...
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Packaging solutions provider Snacktops has introduced new line of portable snack and beverage containers designed to meet the demands for on-the-go food items. The new interlocking food and beverage containers are designed to allow ...
Germany-based Witt-Gasetechnik has introduced new simple and cost-effective leak detection system designed to detect leaks in packaging and components. The Leak-Master Easy is designed to detect minute leaks in products, components or ...
Armanino Foods of Distinction reported record sales and profits for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. Net sales in the fourth quarter were $9,044,580, an increase of 16% from the $7,793,293 posted in 2014's fourth ...
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It is a known fact that food is a basic necessity of mankind, a source of survival. From ancient times, man has been involved in finding various elements that serves as an eatable that also fulfils the criteria of being edible and safe to ...
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