On Jan. 25, The US Food and Drug Administration issued a 60-day procedural notice on its plans to conduct consumer research to explore developing a front-of-package labeling scheme for food.

Many food companies are unlikely to meet their goals around making their plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025.

Almost everyone who attended Pack Expo seemed to have an issue with their operations or a situation that needed straightening out. At least, this was the message from the exhibitors at the nation’s largest packaging trade show held recently in Chicago. 

Mettler Toledo’s new Integrated Mark & Verify systems and software can help food manufacturers meet ever-changing product safety and compliance requirements by making it easier to integrate code marking and verification capabilities into their production lines.

By January of this year, companies that made foods containing detectable modified genetic materials were required to label them with a USDA-approved logo.

Industrial machinery manufacturer GEA recently opened a new technology center for food processing and packaging.

Inflation has compelled grocery retailers to keep price points at levels their hard-hit customers can afford. Stocking more single-serve packs is one way of doing just that.

Food tech company SAVRpak has begun working with Jüsto, the first online grocer in Mexico, to extend the shelf life of berries in plastic clamshell containers.

Bakers and snack producers face a litany of operational challenges at a time when many of them see ample opportunities for expanding their businesses. 

What packaging trends in the grocery perimeter are you keeping a close eye on? We asked four industry leaders.