With all the food safety scares going on globally across product categories, we need to be concerned about safety and security across the food chain.

Renewable thermoformed produce packaging developed by Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. earned the industry’s first U.S. Department of Agriculture Certified Biobased Product Label, part of a new voluntary labeling program to help purchasers choose products made with biobased commodities. 

DPET from Octal is said to give yogurt packagers longer blade-life, consistent breakaway performance and green benefits in a robust package. 

Advanced Electron Beams’ e16ITB emitter, is the company’s second “in the bottle” product for sterilizing PET and HDPE bottles.

Triangle’s new X Series Bagger uses ultrasonic sealing technology, which is ideal processors requiring 100% seal integrity for an airtight product. 

The National Food Lab and Allpax Products (a division of Pro Mach) installed an advanced laboratory retort in the NFL’s pilot plant.

Tetra Pak said the world’s first aseptic carton bottle hit shelves in April. The company plans to share the full details on May 16 in Lund, Sweden.

Packagers who run multiple sizes and packs of bottles can appreciate the quick-change features of the Model 101 case packer from A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.

A new lidding solution from DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is said to provide an easy and effective way to make peelable lids for retortable polypropylene (PP) packages.

StandardKnapp’s Tritium Multipacker with the RoboWand programmable-path wrapping section is said to meet packagers’ need for versatility, ease of changeover and finished product quality.