Labeling | Food Engineering

Packaging

Ultrasonic label welding allows bands to be applied sans heat, glue

Rose Shilling

August 9, 2019

How do you secure a label band around a hot dog package or a two-pack of fresh herbs in plastic clamshells?

Regulatory Watch

Draft guidance on potassium chloride salt ingredient label

Sharon Spielman

July 17, 2019

FDA intends to exercise this enforcement discretion to provide industry with greater flexibility when labeling food products, including those formulated to reduce sodium content.

Packaging

Unique labels, packaging design adorn Dew and Fritos this summer

Rose Shilling

July 15, 2019

PepsiCo has a couple of the more interesting special summer packages that we've seen.

New Plant Products

Matthews Marking Systems LS-6101 solvent-based ink

March 19, 2019

Matthews Marking Systems LS-6101 solvent-based ink has a 1- to 2-sec. dry time and offers substrate adhesion on semiporous materials, including coated stock, ceramics and wood.

Manufacturing News

Who reads nutrition fact labels?

Wayne Labs

March 18, 2019

FDA has taken another look at food labeling with two recent draft guidance documents, the first regarding serving sizes and dual-column labels and the second on nutritional information pertaining to added sugars, vitamins and minerals.

New Plant Products

Code verification system

March 13, 2019

Used with SmartDate thermal transfer overprinter coders, the Markem-Imaje Detect-Plus system verifies the presence, position and quality of printed codes on film packaging.

New Plant Products

Dynamic Systems SIMBA 2019 barcode technology

March 11, 2019

Dynamic Systems SIMBA 2019 barcode technology provides meat and poultry processors a production, inventory and traceability system that records information on the plant floor in real time.

New Plant Products

Weber Packaging Solutions Alpha HSM Label applicator

March 11, 2019

The Weber Packaging Solutions Alpha HSM label applicator is available in 10 models, including right- and left-hand versions, as well as 5.3-, 7.8-, 9.8- and 12.6-in. label width versions.

Concord Fresh Success Mild Salsa Seasoning Mix

Industry News

Concord Fresh Success recalls salsa mix that doesn’t list milk on label

Incorrect packages without the allergen noted went to stores nationwide

Rose Shilling

February 21, 2019

Concord Foods is recalling Concord Fresh Success Mild Salsa Seasoning Mix because labels did not declare milk in the ingredients, the FDA announced.

Packaging

Research potassium levels and other labeling tips from IPPE

Workshop sponsored by North American Meat Institute updated producers on nutrition claims, the “healthy” label and bioengineered logos

Rose Shilling

February 18, 2019

Meat processors who brushed up on the latest labeling guidelines at the International Production & Processing Expo learned details about when bioengineered logos might be needed and how FDA’s nutritional panel updates might trickle over to their products.