A new article in Consumer Reports details 10 instances of product/package downsizing, including prominent food products like Häagen-Dazs ice cream and Hebrew National franks. The report, “Downsized!”, includes examples of
English scientists have announced a new process to break down plastics that has the potential to make recycling notably easier and more efficient. The process involves a new way of
President Barack Obama signed into law Jan. 4 a food safety bill that dramatically increases the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the nation’s food supply.
The most popular raw meat and poultry products will soon have nutritional information in the Nutrition Facts format used on processed food packaging. As of the first of the year,
At-home dinners continued to take market share away from restaurants in 2010, but the trend slowed from 2009, according to a new study by Packaged Facts. Dinnertime daypart restaurant sales
The U.S. Senate passed a food safety bill Sunday night, overcoming a procedural glitch that will still require passage by the House. The Senate had passed an earlier version of
The latest salvo of the war between plastic and wooden pallets is over butter. Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), the leading supplier of plastic pallets, filed suit Dec. 10
Trends as old as home canning and as new as social apps are among the Food Channel’s top 10 trends in food for 2011."The new economy has created a boldness
Environmental regulators in Maine have voted to ban a controversial plastics additive from containers used by children, but the measure must be approved by the state legislature. The state Board
Dutch brewer Heineken is reducing the variety among its bottle sizes to increase the efficiency of its packaging lines and supply chain, the company announced Dec. 1. Heineken will pare
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