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>>Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
SALMONELLA: Can More Careful Label Reading Prevent it?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning consumers to read the label when cooking frozen chicken entrees, amid the fourth salmonella outbreak in three years linked to raw frozen entrees. In each case, consumers thought breaded or pre-browned frozen chicken entrees were cooked, but they were raw ...
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Nestle Blasts EWA's Allegations on Bottled Water
Heidi Paul, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Nestle Waters North America responds to claims made in a report issued by the Environmental Working Group. Paul says that the EWG's allegations are "false and misleading and seek to undermine the integrity of bottled water ..."
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PET/PE film laminate bags
FlexZiBox rotogravure printed 5mm bags come in a variety of sizes and use a patented handle technology. The co. says that the bags are easy to pour and seal, as well as extremely durable.
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Graphic Packaging and Hung Hing Team for Venture in Shanghai
Graphic Packaging has formed a new joint venture company to provide beverage packaging and packaging machinery to beverage companies in China. "The market in China is expected to grow substantially and our long-term strategy includes …further developing a strong customer base there," said Graphic Packaging’s David W. Scheible.
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A Blog Almost as Good as Eye on Packaging?
Designer Randy Ludacer's blog, Box Vox has recently shifted from mostly highlighting current packaging, to instead being a deeply alluring discussion of design concepts, trends, quirky interesting stuff, artifacts, and just about any other cool thing related to the visual aspects of packaging -- kind of like a certain blog at PackagingDigest.com. "I'd love for Eye on Packaging to be as good as Box Vox has become," says David Bellm ...
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Norampac-Cascades Mills Get FSC Certification
Norampac announced that its boxboard manufacturing East Angus and Jonquière mills, have received Forest Stewardship Council certification for their usage of raw materials which are responsibly produced from an environmental standpoint ...
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Pepsi Slashes Jobs
PepsiCo has announced plans to cut 3,300 jobs globally as part of a cost cutting plan, as its profits fell in the last quarter. The company said that consumers in North America, which account for one fourth of its total revenue, are spending less due to the credit crisis ...
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Recent news headlines
• Tetra Pak and Dairies Donate 100,000 Cartons of Milk
• Sustainable Packaging Scorecard Info Center Added to PACK EXPO
• Design: Is it Time for New Wave to Return? Eye on Packaging Blog
• Agreement reached between IPACK-IMA and ITALMOPA
• Sustainability is Important for Cost and Risk Reduction, Says Study
• Glass Packaging Institute announces Recycle Glass Day
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