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Demand for packaging machinery worldwide is expected to rise, according to World Packaging Machinery Market, a new analysis from Reportlinker.com.

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.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has predicted that sustainability and safety will be standards for 2009.

Like all presidents-to-be, Barack Obama is getting a lot of advice, whether he wants it or not. Some of it has to do with food policy.

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.

Five days. Nine reporters. One of the most comprehensive reports of new technologies, products and solutions seen at Pack Expo 2008.

Aseptic soups are the fastest-growing category of soups by package type, growing 26% during 2007, according to statistics from Nielsen.

Pressure is increasing on consumer goods packagers to adopt green  strategies, even while the value of recycled packaging is plummeting.

People are going out less and eating in more, according to a poll from Parade Magazine.

In order to better protect consumers at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened its first overseas office in China. The FDA is sending staff members overseas