November 2014

afpthomas samson a man smokes a cigarette on september 25, 2014 in paris, holding a sample of plain cigarette packet with a prominent health warningten years since setting a trend with its workplace smoking ban, ireland is pushing ahead to be the first eu state with plain packaging for cigarettes despite fierce opposition from tobacco companies.as part of dublin&39s plan to make ireland a smokefree society by 2025 meaning a prevalence rate of under five percent lawmakers will vote to introduce plain packaging in the new year.under the draft legislation before parliament, all forms of

&ldquomore than 70 of fresh chickens being sold in the uk are contaminated,&rdquo bbc news reports.a food standards agency fsa investigation found worryingly high levels of contamination with the campylobacter bug, which can cause food poisoning, on chickens being sold across the country. the guardian reported a food scientist, professor tim lang, calling for a &ldquoboycott of supermarket chicken because of &39scandalous&39 levels of contamination&rdquo.campylobacter is a type of bacteria thought to be the leading cause of food poisoning in the uk.

&nbspshorewood packaging has closed this week being unable to replace its major customer, unilever, who severed ties in 2013.the nov. 27 closure will leave 77 unifor local 763g members without work just before the holidays. most of the members were on layoff or long term disability. only 23 workers were on active duty, working three days a week. a press release from unifor states the workers were told the morning of nov. 27 that the plant would be closing immediately.

customed, inc, has voluntarily recalled its sterile convenience surgical kits due to a packaging defect.the convenience kits were found to have a problem with their packaging, which could potentially compromise the sterility of the product.

at the 2014 pira packaging summit in london earlier this month, bj&oumlrn thunstr&oumlm, vp marketing &amp customer loyalty in packaging solutions presented how discount retailers can boost sales with innovative packaging based on the findings presented in the latest viewpoint.see below the short video from the event which also includes comments from some of the international brand owners and retailers present.kevin vyse, packaging and innovations technologist at retailer marks and spencer commens &ldquowhat i was impressed about with stora enso is the amount of innovation&a

food packaging manufacturer estpak plastik, which operates a plant on estonia&rsquos offshore island of hiiumaa, is planning to build a new mainland production unit near the capital tallinn.estpak, a film extruder and thermoformed tray producer is a major packaging supplier to the meat processing industry and is expanding its export business to nordic countries including denmark, finland and sweden.it intends to maintain its island plant in hiiumaa&rsquos main city k&aumlrdla when the new facility opens next year at the village of j&aumllgim&aumle in the saku area in nor

duda farm fresh foods, headquartered in oviedo, fl, is currently promoting its &ldquoradishes reinvented&rdquo radish products, and will be featuring the line at the new york produce show at the jacob k. javits convention center north hall on dec. 24.&ldquowe will be exhibiting at booth no. 602 at the show,&rdquo said nichole towell, marketing director for the company.&ldquoand we want to tell visitors how to reduce their radish shrink,&rdquo she continued.

shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks have been given a consensus recommendation of &ldquobuy&rdquo by the eight ratings firms that are covering the stock, stock ratings network reports. one research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. the average twelvemonth target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is 32.83.several analysts have recently commented on the stock.

revolutionary new packaging has led to a boost in beef sales in asda stores across the uk.like for like sales have seen beef roasting joints rise by 18 per cent and fresh beef joint sales by 21 per cent all since the introduction of the new &quotbutcher&39 selection roast in the tray beef joints&quot featuring british and irish meat.jim viggars, asda&39s senior red meat trader, said the innovative packs allow the beef to be cooked in the wrapping.

eisai has opened a new packaging facility at its hatfield, hertfordshire production plant in the uk, ahead of plans to launch new products.&nbspthe hatfield production plant is operated by the company&39s uk manufacturing subsidiary, eisai manufacturing.&nbspuk minister for life sciences george freeman said &quotpharmaceuticals manufacturing is important to our economy.&nbsp&quoteisai&39s investment in this new facility will help grow pharmaceutical export and is another vote of confidence for the uk&39s worldclass life sciences sector.&quot&nbspthe p