The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said it commends the House Agriculture Committee for its hearing today that will examine the cost and impacts of mandatory biotechnology labeling laws.
Perhaps blazing the trail for other companies to follow, British alcoholic beverage giant Diageo announced it will put nutrition information and alcohol content on the labels of its products, a first for any alcohol company.
The Obama Administration announced a plan of action to end illegal fishing and fraud by launching a fish tracking program that would make more information—like point of origin and means of production—available to consumers.
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) continued to pressure FDA at the Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on the FDA’s budget relating to the menu labeling regulations passed last year.
Delivering cold chain temperature data to smartphones, the PakSense AutoSense self-contained, wireless automated system simultaneously creates a cold chain temperature record.
Built for small runs, the FOX IV SCL-4000D digital ink jet color label printer prints full-color labels on demand at speeds up to 7.9 in./sec. with a print resolution up to 1,200 dpi.
Sweden-based BillerudKorsnäs offers FibreForm, a proprietary, natural, renewable, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper that can be 3-D formed.
Current government-mandated nutrition labels on food are ineffective at improving nutrition, though there are better options available, according to a recent study from McGill University that compared four types of labels.
