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SGS serves up new food standard
The first global standard for auditing and certificating agents and brokers in the food supply chain is about to be awarded by SGS to a UK based company after more than 18 months of development work with the British Retail Consortium (BRC). David Brackston, technical director BRC Global Standards, says, “The new BRC Agents and […]
New absorber for meat and fish trays
As part of a new sales agreement with Paper Pak Industries (PPI), Faerch Plast – a producer of plastic containers for the food industry – is now offering a new type of absorber for use in its trays for fresh meat and fish. The PPI UltraZap XtendaPak, placed underneath the packaged meat, limits bacteria growth […]
Dual colour plastic food containers
Faerch Plast, a manufacturer of plastics food packaging, has launched a new range of dual colour polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers primarily aimed at the premium convenience food market and ‘oven to table’ lines. Developed by Faerch Plast’s dedicated in-house design department, the new containers feature one colour on the outside surface and another on the […]
Ready-to-drink wine glass with multilayer sheet
Multilayer sheet from RPC Cobelplast is being used to create a new, ready-to-drink ‘easy wine glass’ from Cefour Wine & Beverage AB of Sweden. The easy wine glass offers a selection of quality wines, including Merlot, Rosé Syrah and Chardonnay, in pre-filled and sealed plastic wine glasses. The 18.75cl size is particularly appropriate for all […]
Well read, well fed and well travelled
Master of Wine Justin Knock, winemaking consultant at bottling firm Cobevco, reveals a thirst for adventure and grape escapes
‘Technology will help correct the imbalance between hunger and obesity’
Professor Tony Hines, head of food security and crisis management at Leatherhead Food Research, on Guy Fawkes, fireworks and feeding the world
‘It’s been tough but we’re beginning to turn the corner’
Mark Bishop, joint managing director of food technology, processing equipment and ingredients firm Interfood Technology, talks child stardom, rocket science and positive plans.
Environmental award for frozen food firm Ardo
Slashing its carbon footprint and recycling waste water have helped earn Ardo UK a prestigious business award. The Kent-based frozen fruit and vegetable firm won the Business Commitment to the Environment category in the Kent Excellence in Business Awards. The judges said that Ardo UK had ‘set a benchmark for other manufacturers’ and had ‘made […]
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 […]
Faerch Plast cuts CPET tray weight
Danish food packaging manufacturer Faerch Plast has reduced the weight of its CPET (crystalline polyethylene) containers by an average of 11% since 2008, putting it on track to meet its environmental objective of ‘achieving a general weight reduction of produced items of 30%’ by 2013. “Clever design together with improved production processes has helped us […]