Packaging
Campden offers industry support for new labelling rules
The new Food Information Regulation about to come into force will mean the biggest change to food labelling rules in a generation. That’s why it’s vital that businesses understand the changes early in order to plan how to minimise their impact, says Campden BRI. To help industry understand and implement the new rules, Campden BRI […]
Rexam welcomes MP Mary
Packaging firm Rexam recently welcomed Mary Creagh, Labour MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to its UK beverage can manufacturing plant in Wakefield. She was given an introduction to the manufacturing process, as well as an insight into the life cycle of Rexam’s 100 per cent, infinitely recyclable aluminium […]
Shoppers binning less food, says new survey
Shoppers are throwing away less food than they did a year ago, according to research by the UK Food and Drink Federation. Half of the respondents to the six monthly consumer survey of more than 1,000 people claim to be throwing away a lot less or a little less food. The survey also looked at […]
Hiley successful
Yorkshire firm Hiley Engineering – a global designer and fabricator of bespoke integrated conveyor systems for the food industry – has been recognised for its manufacturing abilities through a nomination by Halifax Labour MP Linda Riordan for the government’s ‘Made by Britain’ initiative. Recently launched by business secretary Vince Cable, the ‘Made by Britain’ project […]
Carrier bag slump continues
Latest figures from the UK government waste body WRAP reveal that the number of carrier bags being used by shoppers remains dramatically lower than five years ago. The British Retail Consortium has described the figures as encouraging in the context of rising sales and changing shopping habits. For the UK as a whole, 40 per […]
Barcode-blocker breakthrough
A brand new packaging material that its manufacturer says will stop the widespread problem of ‘double scanning’ in multipacks is about to hit the market. The new material is the brainchild of Hi-Cone – a firm specialising in multi-packaging for beverage, food and consumer goods – and is the result of ten years’ development. It […]
Smart pallet will ‘revolutionise fresh food transportation’
Tharsus engineering company says it has helped commercialise a unique smart pallet which it claims will revolutionise global fresh food transportation. Biofresh, a Newcastle University spin-out business, approached Tharsus to improve and manufacture its smart pallet – a product that extends the storage life of perishable foodstuffs throughout the supply chain by using non-harmful ozone. […]
Valpre to be bottled at new green plant
Coca-Cola South Africa has announced the opening of its new Valpré plant and the introduction of PlantBottle packaging to Africa. The new state-of-the-art facility will fill Valpré Spring Water in Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg. Selected for its close proximity to markets and distribution sites in the Guateng Region and a similar source water profile as […]
Pressing ahead with Danish biogas project
A project to establish a new biogas plant to supply Arla’s production plant at Videbæk, Denmark, is now entering a new phase. Arla Foods amba and Xergi say they have established a basis for decisions for the construction of a biogas plant, which is to supply the processes at Danmarks Protein (DP) and Arinco with […]
New frozen food packaging from Faerch Plast
Denmark-based company Færch Plast says it has developed a high strength ‘frost’ CPET (Crystalline Polyethylene Terephthalate) material for the packaging of frozen food products. It says it has also developed a new ‘real life’ test environment ‘to ensure unrivalled impact and crush resistance at low temperatures’. Impact resistance of plastics packaging materials is normally tested […]
Green light for new labelling rules
MEPs have voted in favour of new rules on food labelling in a bid, they say, to help consumers make better informed, healthier choices. Labels will now have to spell out a food’s energy content as well as fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, sugar, protein and salt levels, in a way that makes them easy for […]
Sky’s the limit for new scanner, says RSSL
The microscopy department at RSSL is launching what it’s calling ‘a revolutionary new service in non-destructive 3-D imaging of samples’, following installation of a SkyScan X-ray tomography system. The analytical instrument can scan a sample, much like a CT scanner used in medical imaging, to build up a three dimensional image and so give much […]
FSA allergy study results revealed
New research by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reveals how people with nut allergies use food labels when choosing what food to buy and eat, and will be used to help produce clearer allergy information for consumers. The study – carried out by the University of Surrey – involved participants being accompanied during a routine […]
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AG Barr does business with Bevan
In a continued drive to reduce its carbon footprint, a UK soft drinks manufacturer has invested in an environmentally friendly Bevan21 truck body. Fitted to a 26-tonne chassis, the aerodynamic buckleless curtain-sider is part of the first order placed by AG Barr with dry freight bodybuilder Bevan Group. The Bevan21 is designed to reduce wind […]