Category: Data Management
Initiative driving innovative paths to sustainability
A new $25 million initiative from the USDA is driving the push to find new, sustainable packaging and labeling options for specialty crops
Solution aims to reduce reliance on polystyrene in fresh produce packaging
A new technology is helping produce packers move away from ice-filled polystyrene and waxed carton boxes used to transport fresh broccoli.
Conference focused on sustaining family farms set for February
A three-day conference is expected to draw more than 1,000 farmers, ranchers, producers and advocates to Atlanta in February
Companies team up to trial plastic-free blueberry packaging
Blueberry genetics company Mountain Blue has partnered with packaging solutions company Opal to trial plastic-free cardboard punnets.
Innovation lab aims to accelerate new packaging, labeling developments
IFPA’s Foundation for Fresh Produce and Clemson University will each receive $5 million to establish a Sustainable Packaging Innovation Lab
Sustainable potato packaging design tops nationwide competition
A sustainable packaging design for SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes has won first place in a nationwide student design challenge.
Produce Distributors Association hosting FSMA 204 compliance webinar
The Produce Distributors Association is playing host to “Will Your Company be Compliant-Ready in Time for FSMA 204″ Sept. 24
New Wiliot chatbot allows companies to ‘talk’ to products
Wiliot has launched WiliBot, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot that enables natural-language conversations with IoT-connected products
Packaging company awarded Biodegradable Products Institute certification
The Biodegradable Products Institute has awarded food packaging company Sabert Corp. certification for products using the company’s Pulp Plus and Pulp Ultra formulations
Cold chain traceability company wins annual supply chain award
PLM TrustLink has been named the winner of this year’s Overall Top Supply Chain Projects award by industry publication Food Logistics
Cold-pressed juice product receives Mindful Awards recognition
Wonder Juice, a line of organic cold-pressed juice, has been named the Juice Product of the Year in the 2024 Mindful Awards program.
Another 25 companies sign on with traceability network ReposiTrak
Twenty-five additional produce companies, including an industry pioneer with roots dating to the 1860s, have joined ReposiTrak
PEF technology aims to revolutionize fruit and vegetable processing
Dutch-German company Pulsemaster has launched a compact, industrial-scale pulsed electric field (PEF) system designed to treat fruits and vegetables.
Data management provider appoints VP of foodservice division
Data management provider Syndigo has appointed Kate DiLorenzo as vice president of its foodservice division
ReposiTrak adds 20 produce companies to traceability network
Traceability and regulatory compliance network ReposiTrak has added 20 new produce companies to its ReposiTrak Traceability Network.
Company launches packaging trays composed entirely of recycled tray material
Luxembourg-headquartered Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has launched food packaging trays composed entirely of recycled tray material.