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Lunchskins™ has launched Lunchskins Bags + Straws Plastic-Free Starter Kit, a new addition to the brand’s paper line in Target nationwide. 

Prinova, a worldwide provider of ingredients, flavors and nutrient premixes, has created an innovative e-commerce experience with the launch of its new website.

Good Mood Cannabis Kitchen Company (GMCK) recently launched Cannacap™, a cap that stores flavored THC powder in a portable and discreet cap and delivers it to the beverage, transforming any drink into a cannabis beverage. 

A new Smithers report, The Future of Anti-Counterfeiting, Brand Protection & Security Packaging to 2026, show demand for anti-counterfeit technology, including track and trace, tamper-evidence, product authentication and others, will reach $3.25 billion in 2021. 

While the FDA over the years has allowed PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to be used in paper and paperboard food packaging, it certainly makes sense today to eliminate as much PFAS as possible from the environment, because these chemicals (like the ones used in firefighting foams) simply don’t go away—they don’t naturally decompose—hence they’ve become known as the “forever chemicals.”

ACTEGA, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds, has launched Signite™—a revolutionary, ACTEGA patented, premium quality decorating solution, designed to significantly reduce, and one day eliminate, waste in label production. 

Flexible packaging leader, ProAmpac, is expanding into North America with its Rapid Action Packaging’s (RAP) fresh food to-go packaging portfolio. 

EcoCortec®, part of Cortec® Corporation, is pleased to announce the official release of EcoShrink™ Compostable Film, a commercially compostable alternative to common plastic shrink wraps for use in industrial packaging applications.

The use of health-harming PFAS chemicals in disposable food packaging and tableware is a widespread practice across Europe, as shown in a recent study undertaken by Czech NGO Arnika, in cooperation with the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), CHEM Trust and six other non-profit organizations in Europe.