Articles by Debra Schug

By now, say the name Blue Bell, and the first thought in most people’s minds isn’t ice cream. The company just went through one of the biggest recalls in recent times due to potential contamination from Listeria monocytogenes.

MA Dairy & Food USA has introduced a new packaging option for hot beverage condiments—the “Milk in a Stick” package.

On April 15 of this year, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network presented the 2014 Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards (SEMA) during Food Engineering’s Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference in Clearwater Beach, FL.

Traditionally, brands have viewed packaging as one of the most important opportunities for communicating to their customers. Now, new technology is giving brands the opportunity not to just communicate, but to interact with their customers through “smart” packages enabled by mobile technology.

Global warming is heavily debated in some circles, but governing bodies worldwide have declared it a reality, regardless of personal belief. For the past 30 years, regulatory agencies around the world have been working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, beginning with the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which was the first globally supported legislation to reduce ozone-depleting substances.

 In a recent study, half of global consumers polled said they were willing to buy groceries online. 

 A Brooklyn company would have been grounded without the help of table-top foil sealing technology. 

At this year’s Institute of Food Technologists’ Food Expo, market intelligence agency Mintel offered a number of expert presentations. Among them was global packaging strategist Viktorija Gnatoka’s session, “Packaging Superheroes.”

Valio is the biggest milk production company in Finland, receiving 85 percent of the milk produced in the country. It produces whey powder in Lapinlahti, while its Seinäjoki plant produces milk powder.