Government inspectors say the food industry faces a challenging task in keeping products from conventional and modified crops apart in the marketplace.
Capital spending for packaging machinery will take a hit this year, according to the fourth annual purchasing plan study by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, though food companies are cited as one of the stronger buyer categories.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged Bayer A.G. to remove the drug Baytril from the market on the grounds that its use as an animal antibiotic may eventually compromise the ability of Cipro, also a Bayer product, to fight anthrax and other diseases in people.
Extensive customer research assured Pennsylvania's Wawa Dairy that a switch to PET from high density polyethylene (HDPE) for single-serve juices and teas would positively impact sales. Still, summer's 30 percent spurt raised eyebrows.