TerraCycle, a company that turns used
or excess packaging into accessories like handbags and other products, has
struck a partnership with Kraft
Foods.
Concerns about food recalls, rising prices for food and gasoline, and other situations are leading to changes in consumer attitudes and behaviors, according to recent studies and surveys.
A team of Swiss chemical engineers has developed a film coated with
nanoparticles of silver and calcium phosphate, which can be used in
both food processing and packaging to inhibit pathogen growth.
The Institute of Packaging Professionals will be hosting a
webinar to discuss the potential effects of Europe’s REACH
(Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)
regulations.
Effective April
2009, labels on pork and packaged meats from processor/marketer Smithfield
Foods will state that the products were made only from hogs born and raised in
the U.S.