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Food Packaging

Lunchbox packages leave room for notes

October 22, 2018

Companies selling chips and treats for lunchboxes offered back-to-school packages with space for parents to write notes to their children, with an option to add braille stickers on Rice Krispies Treats.

Dry Processing

Flexicon filler boosts pale ale malt output, cuts labor costs

Flexicon filler and conveyor help speed up filling with less labor

Casey Laughman

October 19, 2018

UK-based Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd was searching for a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 772-lb. to 2,205-lb. bulk bags before shipping them.

Food Packaging

Snack QR codes give glyphosate info

Testing for weedkiller added due to questions about possible health effects

Rose Shilling

October 15, 2018

ZEGO now offers QR codes on its fruit-and-seed bars and snack mixes with the results of tests checking for traces of the widely used weedkiller glyphosate, which is under scrutiny in court.

Manufacturing News

FDA investigates more Cyclospora outbreaks

Wayne Labs

October 12, 2018

Though Cyclospora outbreaks in the US happen less frequently than those caused by typical pathogens, the recent salad mix outbreaks occurring in July and August of this year have a familiar ring.

Plant Openings

Plant Openings: October 2018

October 12, 2018

Announcements about new food and beverage plant construction projects, plant renovations and plant expansions.

People & Industry News

People and Industry News: October 2018

October 12, 2018

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.

Regulatory Watch

Agricultural Marketing Services proposes decrease in Texas citrus assessment rate

Casey Laughman

October 12, 2018

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) has proposed a decrease in the assessment rate for oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

Regulatory Watch

FDA announces draft guidance on food facility registration

Casey Laughman

October 12, 2018

The FDA has announced the availability of draft guidance for industry entitled “Supplemental Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration.”

Regulations

FDA bans use of seven synthetic flavor substances/enhancers

Six are delisted due to petitions regarding public health concerns

Wayne Labs

October 10, 2018

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.

Industry news

Viking Plastic, Accu-Seal agree to distribution deal

Plan expands Accu-Seal’s presence in upper Midwest

Rose Shilling

October 10, 2018

Sealing machinery manufacturer Accu-Seal SencorpWhite Inc. announced it reached a distribution agreement with Viking Plastic Packaging / Reliable Packaging Systems