Cost of compliance means the regulations have resulted in an aggregate economic loss.

Labeling should create a readily identifiable product image where the consumer says, "Yes!"

Had it passed, food and beverage processors would have been required to list GMO ingredients on the label. There are other solutions.

A study of the quality of nutritional information taken from product labels to e-commerce websites shows a loss in translation.

Prop 37 requires foods that are genetically engineered (GE) or contain GE ingredients to have this information on the label.

New solutions to friction reduction on bottling lines are becoming available to help bottlers cope with water-reduction goals and lighter, more easily damaged containers.

Efficiency, however, requires accuracy, reliability and effective use of resources.

If your packaging doesn’t encourage someone to touch your product, it’s likely to sit on the shelf.

Putting barcodes on produce when it’s picked in the field assures precise tracking; how it’s done is another question.

Functionality usually takes a back seat or rides shotgun with environmentally friendly packaging materials, but that’s not the case with a new polymer film from the Australian firm Plantic Technologies Ltd.