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meat and poultry packaging
Food Packaging

Meeting meat and poultry packaging needs

Manufacturers try to achieve clean-label products, enhance sanitation and advance automation
Sean Riley
October 22, 2018
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Expiration dates, packaging conditions, and product look, feel and taste are all considerations in consumer purchase decisions when reaching for meat and poultry.
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Amazon Fresh

Facing e-Commerce packaging challenges

Consumers are driving a boom period for online food ordering, but manufactures will need to fundamentally change packaging and supply chain to keep up.
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
February 26, 2018
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It's no secret that e-commerce differs from traditional retail outlets, with more touchpoints involved before a product reaches a customer. And thus, the changes in shopping habits will also mean packaging and supply chain challenges.
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Sustainability
Packaging

Consumers demanding more sustainable packaging

Companies can turn to recycled materials, or reduced packaging to meet their sustainability goals.
Sean Riley
February 4, 2018
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The demand for easily recyclable material (and machinery that can handle such material) in this sector is expected to continue growing, according to the State of the Industry – U.S. Packaging Machinery Report 2017 from PMMI.
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food fraud
Food fraud

Combatting the growth of fake food

Food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, and foods such as olive oil, honey, fish, vinegar, vanilla and coffee top the list.
Maria Ferrante
November 29, 2017
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As brand manufacturers continue to source from an ever-growing list of ingredients and suppliers, food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, according to the 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research Report.
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barcodes
Food fraud

How barcodes can help fight food fraud

Food ranks among the top five most valuable counterfeit markets
Sean Riley
September 28, 2017
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Within the layered approach to brand protection are overt technologies — barcodes, holograms, watermarks, embossing and etching — and covert technologies — taggants, UV, infrared and fluorescent inks, Smart technology and radio frequency identification (RFID).
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