Effective Oct. 9, 2018, the FDA has amended its food additive regulations to no longer allow for the use of a total of seven synthetic flavoring substances and flavor enhancers (adjuvants)—six due to health concerns, and one additional flavor that is being delisted because it’s no longer used by industry.

Anheuser-Busch InBev and DS Smith Plastics are winners of the 2018 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award for innovations that reduced CO2 impact.

Kraft Heinz has launched a new venture capital fund to invest in emerging tech companies that are transforming the food industry. Kraft Heinz has committed up to $100 million to the fund, named Evolv Ventures, and has hired investor Bill Pescatello to lead the fund.

Convenience stores are always changing and must improve shoppers’ experiences to overcome increased competition, the president and CEO of the Sheetz store chain says.

After two years of its five-year initiative to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Crown Holdings has exceeded one of its two targeted 2020 sustainability goals. In 2016, the packaging company announced plans to reduce energy consumption by 5 percent per billion standard units of production from 2015 levels by the end of 2020.

JBS has announced the recall of more than 6.5 million pounds of raw beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport.