Tag: fresh produce
Americas: US organic sales worth US$43.3B in 2015
The booming US organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of US$43.3 billion, up 11%...
Europe: APET material for packaging fresh meat receives European patent
Faerch Plast’s MAPET II, which won a WorldStar award in 2015, is innovative mono packaging produced from a material for top sealing of fresh...
Europe: Sirane displays ABS technology in packaging at Brussels show
Sirane will present ovenable/microwaveable cooking solutions, including steam-cooking bags and oven/BBQ bags at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium from April 26-28, 2016.
Its new...
Europe: Researchers deliver green plastics for food packaging
EU-funded researchers have adapted two biodegradable plastics made from crop waste for use as food packaging.
Most plastics currently used to package food are made...
Americas: Linde Canada unveils MAP gases for food processors
Linde Canada Ltd introduces the MAPAX line of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) gases that help extend shelf-life and maintain the quality of fresh food...
Europe: Packaging system that keeps salad fresh debuts at show
Amerplast and PerfoTec will introduce AmerFresh, a new packaging system that enhances the shelf-life of fresh produce at Fruit Logistica in Berlin from February...
Europe: Multivac presents packaging machines at Fruit Logistica 2016
Multivac presents packaging machines at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Germany from February 2-5, 2016 for packing salads, fruit and vegetables.
It will display the R...
Europe: Companies opens line in The Netherlands to pack imported grapes
The Budelpack Group and IQ Packing have started InnoFresh Packing BV in The Netherlands to automatically pack grapes into punnets.
Over the past two years,...
Asia Pacific: Blue LEDs could preserve food, finds Singapore university
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on...
Europe: Ishida Europe devises weighing solution for German seafood processor to...
Ishida Europe has devised a bespoke weighing solution that has enabled Deutsche See Fischmanufaktur, Germany’s market leader in seafood to weigh just two large...