IK top 10 sustainability challenges
The German Association for Plastics Packagings and Films, IK (Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen) has released its top 10 sustainability challenges for 2015.
Archives for January 13, 2015
Could national decisions on biotech allow more GM crop cultivation?
The European Parliament has voted to allow national bans on GM crops, but this could actually encourage more GM varieties to be cultivated in Europe, claims UK organic advocacy group The Soil Association.
Police investigate Cali bakery over drug-laced bread
Police have launched an investigation into a Californian bakery that was shut down after bread containing drugs sickened more than 30 consumers.
Increased snacking reshapes marketing strategies
Consumers’ shifting preference for snacks as meals are changing how retailers, restaurants and packaged food manufacturers market food, according to data from Packaged Facts and Dupont Nutrition & Health.
Concern over ‘continued reservation’ of investment in German plastic packaging and films industry
Despite periods of economic weakness and the introduction of a minimum wage last year the German Association for Plastics Packagings and Films, IK (Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen), predicts a positive turnover in 2015.
Nagel Langdons to expand Macsween Haggis storage and distribution service
What was once an occasional meal most commonly eaten to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns, Haggis, the national dish of Scotland, celebrated on January 25 each year is now distributed throughout the UK all year round via Nagel Langdons and into Europe...