The 2010 Food Challenge Awards are now open and entries are invited from food manufacturing and packaging companies to nominate for a Sustainable Manufacturing award.
09/02/2010
A new, user-friendly food labelling guide to help food and grocery companies comply with labelling, packaging and advertising regulations in Australia has been welcomed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
24/06/2009
The government's work programme, partnering with industry to grow New Zealand's high-value food and beverage exports, is expected to benefit New Zealand's packaging industry as demand for more and innovative packaging increases.
11/07/2007
The October 1 re-designation of 11 classes of chemically modified food starches by the Japanese Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare requires food manufacturers to label these starches as ‘food additives’.
16/10/2008
Purdue University is hosting the 25th Annual Aseptic Processing and Packaging Workshop to be held May 12th-15th in the USA.
05/03/2008
Ever struggled to open tough plastic packaging, unscrew the lid from a jar, pull a ring pull can, twist a safety cap or squeeze contents out of a squeezable container? Imagine how it will affect you when you are older.
23/07/2009
Labels on baby food in New Zealand and Australia could be changed to ensure products are not given to infants younger than six months.
11/08/2008
In today’s ‘up and go’ society, the growing trend for resealable packaging is driving demand for pouch filling & sealing machinery.
06/03/2009
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved direct food contact with UV or electronic beam formulations.
04/04/2008
Entries are open for the Food Packaging Action Award category in this year's 5th Annual Packaging Magazine Evolution Awards.
15/02/2010
Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain novel properties that offer potential benefits for use in food packaging, raise new safety evaluation challenges according to a new report.
27/06/2008
Consumers increasingly want something that's healthy, but in on-the-go packages, or a smaller package size
22/02/2008
US demand for food containers is projected to increase 2.5 per cent per year to $25 billion in 2013, or more than 300 billion units, the Freedonia Research Group says.
15/05/2009
A workshop on polymer packaging and shelf life in Melbourne on November 14th to 15th 2007 will be lead by Dr Gordon Robertson, FAIP, in association with the Australian Institute of Packaging.
10/10/2007
Multivac, a world leader in automated packaging systems will demonstrate a new generation of thermoform packaging machines at foopro 2008.
02/04/2008
Demand for active and intelligent packaging is projected to climb 8.3 per cent annually to $1.9 billion in 2013, well above the overall packaging industry.
16/07/2009
Packaging is a hot item on the agenda at the next AIFST Convention, with a number of international and local heavyweights focussing on innovation and opportunities in food packaging and nanotechnology.
13/05/2009
Demand for active and intelligent packaging in the US is projected to climb 13% annually to $1.1 billion in 2011, according to a study conducted by Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.
12/09/2007
The extension of shelf life using modern packaging techniques plays an important role in food packaging and will be the subject of a half day course run by the AIP on September 16.
27/08/2008
CHEP Asia-Pacific has urged its food supply chain partners to consider sustainable distribution across the entire supply chain, not just within company boundaries, to secure the future of an increasingly fragile food supply ecosystem.
10/01/2008