In the 1960s no matter the retail store, the most-often used methods of bringing goods home were paper/Kraft bags, cardboard boxes or hand-carry—no plastic bags until the 1980s in most developed countries.

Since 2020, inkjet and electrophotography printing has secured new markets in labels and packaging. A new Smithers report, The Future of Digital Print for Packaging to 2026, reveals total value will reach $21.1 billion in 2021. 

As a precautionary measure, Flowers Foods, Inc. has voluntarily recalled Tastykake multi-pack cupcakes due to the potential presence of tiny fragments of metal mesh wire.

Purina Animal Nutrition is voluntarily recalling one lot of the following products for cattle livestock and for wildlife such as deer, antelope, and wild sheep due to the potential of elevated urea levels.

Tyson Foods is building a $355 million bacon plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, primarily for the production of Wright Brand and Jimmy Dean retail and foodservice products. The 400,000-square-foot facility is expected to create 450 jobs with production beginning in late 2023.

The Jury of the Italian contest Best Packaging 2021 – former Oscar dell’Imballaggio, granted the solution proposed by Taghleef Industries and Lineapack with the Best Packaging Award for the “Visionary” value, according to the Ethical Packaging Charter Foundation.

Rockwell Automation Inc. and The Pyure Company have announced a 5-year strategic agreement that will allow them to work together to provide solutions to improve indoor air quality and fight the spread of COVID-19.

In concert with a Biden-Harris administration interagency effort and its commitment to workplace safety, climate resilience and environmental justice, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings today.