articles about Packaging

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Completes Spin-off of Canada Packers Inc.
The common shares of Canada Packers will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on October 2, 2025 under the symbol "CPKR".

U.S. updates guidelines for husbandry, environment claims on meat labels
Updated guideline makes recommendations to strengthen documentation supporting animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat product labeling.

U.S: Iowa prohibits the misbranding of foods as meat
The bill prohibits the misbranding of imitation meat and egg products sold in Iowa.

Denmark: Awareness of the animal welfare label is increasing among consumers
The vast majority of Danes are aware of the State Animal Welfare Label "Better animal welfare".

New Belgian animal welfare label set to launch this year
The new animal welfare label "Better for animals" is awarded to products that make extra efforts for animal welfare beyond the legal requirements.

U.S: Texas signs meat labeling law
The legislation specifies that the term "meat" does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product and that these products must be clearly labelled as such.

U.S. to strengthen substantiation of animal-raising claims
USDA is taking action to ensure the integrity of animal-raising claims for meat and poultry labels.

EU approves new specifications for Prosciutto di Parma PDO
Substantial changes to the production of Prosciutto di Parma Protected Designation of Origin.

Canada: Is pork exempt from the new front-of-package nutrition label?
Raw, single ingredient ground pork is exempt from the requirement of having a front-of-package warning label as well as single-ingredient whole meats.
Fact.MR: Modified atmosphere packaging to account for major share of fresh meat packaging

China tests cold chain imports for SARS-CoV-2
Cold chain meat imports will be disinfected, tested, and traced in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Council discusses EU harmonised nutrition labelling
Ministers agreed on the importance of an EU harmonised nutrition labelling at front-of-pack and in promoting healthy and sustainable diets.

EU publishes evaluation on origin-labelling for meat
This evaluation assessed how efficient, effective, consistent and relevant the legislation is, and whether it usefully supplements national efforts.

HKScan will make all its packaging recyclable, reducing millions of kilos of plastic
HKScan will renew its packaging to be even more responsible: all packaging will be recyclable by the end of 2025 at the latest.

U.S. packing plant adaptations in the era of COVID
U.S. meatpackers have been extremely aggressive in identifying and adopting best practices to limit the transmission of SARS-CoV2 within their workforces.