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Kellogg Co. is soliciting ideas for new products and packaging from the general public through a new website.

Several major food processing companies are pledging to use a standardized “check mark” logo on the front of their packaging to alert consumers that the product inside meets nutritional

Consumers prefer large, economy-size packages to small, lower-priced sizes, according to Nielsen.

The deadline for entries in the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is Feb. 13.

EskoArtwork is partnering with Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics to create the EskoArtwork Packaging Supply Chain Laboratory. It will combine the synergies of packaging design and

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.

A UK-based company hopes to reduce waste in countries with low recycling rates.

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.

Country of origin labeling (COOL) is undergoing a backlash among both domestic and foreign meat producers, who call the regulation unnecessary and unfair. COOL went into full effect at