Packaging PTI launches two compartment snap-fit PET package Perfect for cocktails, protein shakes and coffee Crystal Lindell December 14, 2016 How many times have customers stood in the alcohol aisle wishing they could just get all the parts of a great cocktail in one bottle? Well, Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) has good news!Read More
Packaging Swedish drinking yogurt switches to new carton bottle Skånemejerier is first to use carton bottle from Tetra Pak Crystal Lindell December 14, 2016 A Swedish company is changing how it packages drinking yogurt to something more environmentally sound. Read More
TECH FLASH Coca-Cola announces new CEO COO James Quincey to take over in May Casey Laughman December 14, 2016 The Coca-Cola Company has announced that current President and Chief Operating Officer James Quincy will be the company’s next CEO.Read More
Engineering R&D New technology uses typically discarded produce to cut waste Making tomato soup or pumpkin puree? Why not throw in the whole vegetable and have no waste? Wayne Labs December 14, 2016 Green Cell Technologies co-founder set out to design a food processing machine that uses every part of a fruit or vegetable.Read More
Food Safety How food and beverage makers can better monitor water quality Ensuring safety and quality of a facility's water is crucial to meeting processing performance goals Debra Schug December 14, 2016 Water is used in everything from cleaning to ingredients, making it something companies can't afford to overlook.Read More
Manufacturing News FDA: Education is the key to getting on track with FSMA Companies and FDA inspectors both still learning FSMA December 13, 2016 Small business and very small business see FSMA compliance dates coming soon.Read More
Regulatory Watch FDA clarifies compliance dates for nutrition initiatives Partially hydrogenated oils, Nutrition Fact labels, vending machines all face new regulations December 9, 2016 Summer of 2018 to bring a number of compliance dates for key nutrition initiatives.Read More
Fabulous Food Plant How Bell & Evans built a new 160,000 sq. ft. facility Organic poultry maker uses new facility to further process and package its products. Wayne Labs December 8, 2016 Bell & Evans' decision not to use the mass-produced farming/processing methods of industrial poultry production has paid off.Read More
Editor's Note How consumers are shaping packaging technology trends As consumers call for organic and clean labels, packaging companies are responding. Debra Schug December 8, 2016 New packaging equipment can now provide more capabilities in modified atmosphere packaging.Read More
Recall National Steak and Poultry Recalls Ready-to-Eat Chicken Recall expands to almost 2 million pounds Casey Laughman December 6, 2016 National Steak and Poultry has expanded a recall of potentially undercooked ready-to-eat chicken to almost 2 million pounds.Read More