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Waste Reduction

Grocery Industry Clarifies Date Labels to Cut Food Waste

Grocery manufacturers and retailers are adopting standard wording on food packaging to cut food waste.

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Sell-By Dates on Food Are About to Change in a Big Way

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association announced Wednesday that they’ve adopted standardized, voluntary regulations to clear up what product date labels mean.

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Oriental Packing Co. Issues Second Recall of Lead Contaminated Curry Spice

Oriental Packing Co. Inc. once again is recalling spice products because of lead contamination.

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Cancer Warning Labels Sought for Processed Meat and Poultry

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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COOL Not Coming Back

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FDA Revokes Approval, Bans Use of PFCs in Food Packaging

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA had authorized the use of long-chain PFCs for specific food-contact uses such as coatings on fast-food wrappers, to-go boxes, and pizza boxes before new scientific information brought safety concerns to light.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is amending a food additive regulation to no longer authorize the use of two long-chain perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) used in “grease-proof” food packaging.

Manufacturing & Processing

Contract Manufacturers Can Add Value through Vertical Integration of Supply Chains

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TP3 Global, QProducts & Services Enter Joint Venture Agreement

The companies’ temperature-protection products support over-the-road, airfreight and ocean shipments.

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Sonoco ThermoSafe Offers Courses to Train and Certify Cold Chain Packaging Professionals

Sonoco ThermoSafe

ISCLabs marks another milestone with launch of the industry’s first temperature assurance packaging (TAP) certification program.

The certification program was developed by Sonoco ThermoSafe’s ISCLabs in partnership with The Packaging School.

Consumer Groups Push FDA to Ban Plastic Liners in Canned Food

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

For years, some food can manufacturers have used linings that contain the chemical Bisphenol A, commonly known as PBA, which is linked to problems with hormone products in women and children.

Some companies that stopped using BPA have replaced it with a synthetic plastic called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC contains chemicals called phthalates.

Vermont’s GMO Label Law Takes Effect Today

Vermont’s law requiring nearly all food labels to disclose genetically engineered ingredients takes effect today.

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Food Safety Coalition Petitions USDA Seeks Overhaul Of Food Labels

The Safe Food Coalition has requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) add requirements for a SHI label for all raw or partially cooked siluriformes fish, including catfish products.

The revised rules should continue to require that labels provide information about the potential risk of pathogenic contamination of USDA products. They should further require that labels provide more specific information about safe handling practices for meat, poultry and catfish products.

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