The topic of food safety drew a strong spotlight at the Food Packaging Technologies Summit held  April 5-7 in St. Louis.

One analyst said the deal between Silgan Holdings and Graham Packaging creates an oligopoly in rigid plastics packaging, another sees it as a move away from commodity plastics.

Chris Small of WellPet adheres to three tenets for successful packaging development: Communicate, offer, and facilitate.

Some random thoughts about the ProMat/Automate 2011 show, just winding up at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

According to the Munich-based market research firm facit, the influence of packaging on purchasing decisions is twice as high as that of TV advertising, billboards or print media.

As a big fan of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” I was surprised to see him dabbling in my world Monday night. More...

The Food Safety Modernization Act originated from “bad PR” for the food industry and will require meticulous and accessible record-keeping by food and beverage processors. More...

Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization (MATS) could be commercial as soon as 2012.

I stumbled onto a news item online that had a special, and unfortunate, personal resonance. More...

What nutrition information should be, literally, up front? More...