Food

The guidelines for the documentary avowal of GMP are now available. Developed under the CAST project, they are the result of a longterm project that, through knowledge sharing, becomes a common platform for dialogue between packaging producers and food control bodies.

Characteristics and numbers The frozen foods market is one of the most dynamic in terms of consumption trends, product innovation and variety. And in spite of a few setbacks, frozen foods continue to enjoy consumers’ favor.

Shows, conferences and cultural activities dedicated to the topic of food: this is MODESIGN - “Made in Iuav”, organized by the Iuav University of Venice’s degree course in industrial design, which was held in Treviso October 2nd - 5th, 2013.

RULES AND TECHNOLOGY The standards that protect the quality of foodstuffs and consumer health have been strengthened, subjecting producers to new limitations. Shayne de La Force, tna group marketing manager, reviews the international rulings and traceabllity tools to be adopted to be able to export throughout the world.

Sabic has updated all its food contact declarations food three years ahead of schedule, in accordance with the changes to EU regulations designed to further increase the safety of packed that come into force in 2016.

To handle the weighing of its frozen snacks, Belgian producer Ad van Geloven turned to Ishida, also involving them in the design phase.

CPR System: management of reusable plastic packaging

Over 58,000 professional operators from 130 countries visited the 2013 edition of Fruit Logistica, the international fresh produce show held in Berlin from 6th to 8th February last.

The Austrian company Bioquelle GmbH owns a number of wellknown brands of cereals, muesli, dried fruit and nuts, as well as soya based products and food supplements; it also markets products under its own brand.

Wax paper packaging is compostable at the industrial scale, as demonstrated by the strict EN 13432 regulation testing on packaging that can be recovered through composting and biodegradation.

Innovative, reliable, flexible  solutions for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetics, tea & coffee and food industry: the IMA Group's offer at Emballage, with some novelties.

FROM THE CAPSULE TO THE BOX Innovation and flexibility represent the point of contact between the operations of Caffita and Cama: both Italian, the concerns have in short time built two success stories, with continuous growth on an international scale.

With the development of the HDPE B5260ULS (Ultra Long Shelf-life), Sabic offers a new material for the production of bottles for milk, other dairy products and juices.

Recyclable pressed cardboard corners (flat and ridged) represent the core business of L.A.I.M., based in Santa Maria a Monte (PI), which also makes separators and medium-range corrugated cardboard (canneté) for packaging.

On the sidelines of the event centred on offset printing and food packaging safety (read more), we met up with the CEO of Sun Chemical Italia, Fabio Deflorian, for an update on the market and on packaging ink technology. And we discovered that, even in the packaging world, there is still much need for clarity and coherence. Stefano Lavorini

Stiavelli - historic brand and packaging division of Pavan Group - has enriched its high speed pasta packaging systemwith the new 20-head multihead weigher and introduced on the SVMC continuous packaging machine an automatic reel change system using double sided tape.

For fity years Karr Italiana has been producing volumetric filling and metering machines most of all for the food industry.

The AIBO-FCE Association, sponsored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, is organising a technical-scientific conference to divulge the most recent developments in terms of food contact materials and items.

Specializing in the processing of beet sugar, cane sugar and cereals, Tereos Syral is a cooperative agro-industrial group that can provide a full range of sugars, starches, alcohol, bioethanol and coproducts used in animal food and electrical power.

A Ipack-Ima Thermo Ramsey Italia presented its new latest generation machine for the X-ray control of “flat lying” formats (hence not bottles or cans, but bags, packs, etc.…Ed).