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California's Proposition 37 is up for vote this November, and stakeholders throughout America are holding their breaths. Proposition 37 requires raw and processed foods sold in California to disclose the presence of genetically engineered ingredients on their labeling-a requirement that the Federal Government does not currently impose.

To determine whether a food package can be legally marketed around the globe, one must consider many factors related to the packaging of the food item.

Food packagers can borrow insight from the pharmaceutical industry for the best approaches to use for safe packaging.

It is possible to be highly successful with own-label brands.  

Packaging companies are responding to new mandates to prevent contamination or misinformation before the product ever reaches the supply chain.

This article focuses on a proposal by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to generically approved” labels for meat and poultry products that would more closely align USDA oversight of the labeling of meat and poultry products with its current goals, priorities and resources. Read more for what this may mean for meat producers.

Primary packaging, that is, packaging in direct contact with the product, is critical to the success of any food processing effort.

Every food contact package must be manufactured from materials that are approved by the regulatory agencies as acceptable for food contact.

The inherent risk of recontamination by L. monocytogenes in meat processing environments has been well documented and must be addressed.

The cook-chill process also decreases labor, product handling and chances of cross-contamination of foods.