Produce sector urged to adopt supply chain coding standard
A commonly used global identification standard would improve logistics and should be adopted by the produce sector, according to a food industry association.
Archives for February 7, 2007
Masterfoods vows to cut kids marketing
The owner of Mars and Snickers chocolate brands, Masterfoods, has pledged to stop marketing its products to children younger than 12 - a move that is sure to increase consumer confidence in the brand and appease advertising regulators.
Soup system fills without spills, manufacturer claims
A new machine can fill and seal up to 30 pots of soup per minute without spilling a drop, claims its manufacturer.
DuPont to eliminate PFOA packaging chemical by 2015
DuPont said yesterday it has developed new technologies that will allow the company to eliminate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from packaging by 2015, a move made due to consumers' health concerns about the chemical.
Copper alloys surfaces touted as pathogen killers
Three types of alloy surfaces containing at least 90 per cent copper completely eliminate E. coli O157:H7, according to an ongoing UK study of the pathogen-killing properties of the metal.