Food poisoning fears over chicken packaging
FEARS that bacteria found on the outside of chicken packaging could cause food poisoning have been raised, following a rigorous investigation by the Food...
Festive turkeys travel first class on PLS’ RFID-enabled plastic pallets
CUSTOMERS of Britain’s most exclusive department stores will be getting their festive turkeys delivered on the most advanced pallet systems in the country, thanks to...
Task force to assist Scottish research
FOLLOWING the referendum, a new task force is to consider the challenges and opportunities with a bearing on the future of the Scottish research...
Neuropackaging: the way into the shopping basket is via the brain
Incorporating modern brain research into packaging design
Packaging is not there just to protect food and beverages from light, air or bacteria.
It also ensures products...
AutoCoding Systems beefs-up coding and packaging reliability at Scotbeef Ltd
AutoCoding Systems, specialist Systems Integrator for packaging line automation, has worked with Scotbeef to eliminate any potential risk of packaging or coding errors at...
Food industry prepares for EU allergen labelling rules
NEW EU regulations on food allergen labelling come into effect in 13 December 2014, part of the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) No....
Labour MEP defends traffic light labelling
THE UK’s voluntary “traffic light” system of food labelling is being investigated by the European Commission in the wake of complaints from several member...
Circular economy showdown
EU Parliament to debate new legally-binding measures on recycling
THE European Commission issued proposals on 2 July to increase recycling and phase out landfilling, including...
Flexible and corrugated presses ready to go digital
DIGITAL presses for the corrugated and flexible packaging marketplaces were unveiled by HP at Interpack in May.
The firm revealed it would be going...
Consumers still confused about food labelling, says study
DESPITE the introduction of a standardised traffic-light food labelling system (see Packaging Scotland, July 2013), consumers still want manufacturers, brand owners and retailers to...
