July 2024

At a Glance

• The limited-edition Down to Sparkle packaging design incorporates the Down syndrome awareness colors
• Employees of the Prospector make and package the popcorn by hand, including heat sealing and labeling
• Down to Sparkle packs are available at the Prospector theater and online

The Prospector, a Ridgefield, CT, movie theater and gourmet popcorn company, has released a limited-edition popcorn flavor called Down to Sparkle in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), March 21.

In a proposed federal class action filed on Thursday and seeking at least $5 million, Cynthia Kelly accused Hershey of deceiving reasonable consumers by falsely promising that its candies would contain "explicit carved out artistic designs."

She said she would not have paid $4.49 in October at an Aldi for a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, had she known that the candies not only lacked the "cute looking" carved eyes and mouth shown on the packaging, but any carvings at all.

Food regulator FSSAI has asked food business operators to immediately remove claims of 100 per cent fruit juices in advertisements as well as labels on packaged products.

According to an official statement, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a "directive mandating all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to remove any claim of '100% fruit juices' from the labels and advertisements of reconstituted fruit juices with an immediate effect.

The innovative smooth-cutting, bladeless technology called PLUS-CUT is patented by ULMA and is available in its vertical wrapper range to produce doypacks with an exceptional finish.

Main benefits

Features of this new cutting system include:

The owners ARA, Bernegger and GreenDot/Der Grüne Punkt hosted the grand opening of the new sorting plant for lightweight packaging in Ennshafen on Friday.