Complementary Programme at IFFA 2010
GERMANY - The German international meat industry exhibition IFFA 2010 will also host a multi-faceted complementary progr...

IFFA Offers and Optimistic Future
GERMANY - The Meat industry can take an optimistic view of the future, despite the effects of the global recession.

Poultry Plant Switches to Environment-Friendly Boxes
US - Mountaire Farms has switched to recyclable, wax-free boxes for product to reduce the environmental impact.

Potential of Dairy-Based Package Wraps Outlined
US - Food-packaging products made from dairy ingredients could provide a viable alternative to petroleum- based packaging...

Superchilling And MAP Boost Salmon Shelf Life
CHILE - A combination of super-chilling and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) can extend the shelf life of Atlantic salmon...

Study to Bring Benefits to Meat Sector
UK - New research will develop detailed 'resource maps' to identify the amount of food and packaging waste generated and...

Carbon Footprinting Guide for All the Dairy Industry
UK - Dairy UK and the Carbon Trust are announcing major plans for an industry-wide carbon footprinting guide, as a new report...

CME: Meat Packers Try to Compensate for Losses
US - The past few months have caused wild fluctuations for pork and beef packers just as they have for producers, reports...

IGA Drives Aussie Pork Message
AUSTRALIA - Over the next few weeks IGA supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help Australian consumers more...

New Food Safety Measures Introduced in South Korea
SOUTH KOREA - Among a series of new measures to improve food safety, larger slaughterhouses will have to remove specific...

Fish Canning Line to be Sold
UK - The Shetland Norse Preserving Company Ltd is to auction a complete process and canning line for packing fillets of herring,...

Butchers Onboard Promoting Aussie Pork
AUSTRALIA - From 10 April 2009, butchers across Australia will help consumers more clearly identify home-grown, fresh Australian...

Award for PolyClip
GERMANY - Industrie Forum Design Hannover (IF) has given the IF product design award 2009 to German food industry clipping...

Smart Packaging Alerts to Meat Dangers
US - If you have ever wondered whether the milk in your grocer’s refrigerator might have gone bad or if you left the pre-packaged...

Danish Crown Opens New Plant
SWEDEN - Danish Crown has opened its new case ready production facility (prepacked products) in Jönköping.

Arla Foods Target Eco-Friendly Milk
GLOBE - Arla Foods aims to cut 25 per cent of its emission of green house gases (GHG) within production, transport, and packaging...

Re-usable Milk Bottles Begin a Cleaner, Greener Cycle
UK - A new project aims to develop cost effective labels and adhesives that won’t compromise the recycling of milk-bottle...

Food Giant Launches 'Raw Milk Support Programme'
BEIJING - Tetra Pak, one of the world’s leading suppliers of food and beverage processing and packaging solutions, today...

Meat Cases Tell...The Rest of the Story
US – In 2007, The Beef Checkoff teamed up with Sealed Air’s Cryovac Food Packaging and the National Pork Board to conduct...

IDFA Urges FDA to Keep Use of Nutrition Symbols Voluntary
US - Responding to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) request for comments on the use of nutrition symbols on product...