A new technical market research report, Thermoformed
Plastics (PLS047A) from BCC Research, reported that the global market for
thermoformed plastic was 4.9 billion pounds in 2007, and an estimated 5.1
billion pounds in 2008.
A new coating technology
can be applied to food processing plant interiors to inhibit odors and reduce
bacterial contamination, according to its developer, Canadian-based Green Earth Nano Science.
The score of 29 for fish/shellfish means that,
on a pound-for-pound basis, eating it is 29 times more likely to make you sick
than consuming dairy foods.
Private label product sales are increasing past
those of name-brand counterparts due to the poor economy and will continue to
do so in the next year, according to industry experts.
Of the roughly 62 billion commercial foodservice
meals and snacked consumed per year, 6% are purchased at retail outlets
including food, drug, discount, department and price clubs, and an additional
7% are purchased at convenience stores, according to a new report from The NPD
Group, a market research company.
The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new recycling process that
eliminates the use of water for cleaning recycled polyethylene terephthalate
(RPET) flake.
Corrugated container producers are growing
pessimistic toward October’s containerboard price hike and pass-through to box
prices despite continued tight containerboard supply, according to a Longbow
Research survey.
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
introduced its on-product labels to give consumers and businesses more detailed
information supporting “green” claims.
Between 10% and 20% of people claim to have food
allergies, but the real number may only be half this, according to a study
published in the German journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.
Tyson will identify the United States as origin
for a majority of its premium beef and pork products, thus meeting federal
requirements for country-of-origin labeling (COOL).
Mars Inc. will begin including Guideline Daily
Amount (GDA) nutrition labels on several of its products, making it the first
U.S. confectionery company to include the information.
