Linpac to sell off reusable transit packaging ops
Linpac has confirmed it has reached an agreement to sell its plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) subsidiary to a private equity outfit owned by JP Morgan Chase.
Archives for January 10, 2012
SuperCleanQ funding victory to boost SMEs rPET prospects
An industry consortium has secured almost €2m of EU funding to develop processes and quality procedures to recycle for food contact applications, with the aim of helping small to medium-sized recyclers (SMEs) here reprocess waste and conform to European...
Tropicana sued over ‘100% pure and natural’ orange juice claim
Tropicana Products Inc. is the latest company to be sued over use of the term ‘natural’ – this time to describe its not-from-concentrate ‘100% pure and natural’ orange juice.
FDA to increase testing after carbendazim found in orange juice
US food safety authorities have promised to take “necessary action” against levels of fungicide carbendazim in orange juice after being alerted to its presence in the beverage.
Blanket tax on ‘liquid candy’ soft drinks would give US health kick, Columbia study
A penny-per-ounce tax on sugary soft drinks would ‘substantially reduce obesity, diabetes and heart disease amongst US adults’, according to a new study by academics at Columbia University.