The changing preferences of Australian beverage consumers have led to 70 job cuts O-I Glass’ Melbourne factory.
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NZ packaging fire caused by overcrowded factory
A fire inside a packaging plant in New Zealand has been blamed on the operation working “over capacity.”
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SA, QLD want tougher rules on ‘Made in Australia’ labels
Food companies who can currently get away with misleading labelling about the country of origin of a product will face tougher restrictions if Queensland and South Australian governments get their way.
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Potentially harmful BPA still present in canned foods
Research conducted by the Breast Cancer Fund has found harmful levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in a number of popular canned products.
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Front-of-pack food health labels to be developed within a year
Foods sold in Australia will have front-of-pack labelling with easy to understand nutritional information within a year, but it will not necessarily be the controversial traffic light system.
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Govt to discuss traffic light labelling today
Representatives from state federal and New Zealand governments will meet today to discuss the controversial traffic light nutrition labels.
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Legal issues create confusing private label environment
Supermarket private labels may be purposefully creating similar products and packaging to more established brands, but under current Australian laws, it is possible that little can be done to oversee the issue.
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2011 biggest year for online shopping
A new report from PayPal predicts 2011 will be the biggest year for online shopping in history, with sales tipped to reach $30 billion by the end of the year.
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Diet Coke’s new campaign focused on one moment, one calorie at a time
Regular Coke cans and bottles are already suggesting mates you should share your beverage with, and the lower calorie version of the drink is now singing its lifestyle benefits from the rooftops too.
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Govt not introducing traffic light labelling
Consumer watchdog CHOICE has slammed the federal government’s decision not to introduce compulsory front-of-pack traffic light labeling on foods in Australia.
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Australia’s packaging overhaul: will it work?
Traffic lights on the front of every product you buy, restrictions on how similar private label packaging can be to those of established brands, and a ban on cartoons in advertising foods to children.
If industry groups have their way, this will be where we find ourselves in 2012.
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We have to think of long term impact of private label products: Minister
The debate over supermarkets increasing the number of private label products on shelves is still continuing.
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Is traffic light labelling the answer to Australia’s obesity crisis?
The Gillard Government is expected to pass the controversial traffic light food labelling scheme in parliament this week.
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30% increase in online Christmas shopping: packaging and advertising companies must adapt
Google Australia has confirmed what many people already assumed: online shopping is only going to increase, meaning packaging designers and manufacturers will have to adapt.
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Coke gets into Xmas spirit with ‘Share a Coke’ campaign
Off the back of news that Coke is extending its ‘Share a Coke’ campaign, the company appears to be jumping onto the bandwagon…or sleigh…with its Christmas-themed names.
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Pratt heirs making moves in food, packaging industries
The son-in-law of billionaire Richard Pratt is planning to turn a small packaging company in Sydney into a $1 billion enterprise.
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Biggest packaging exhibition announced for Sydney
The largest biennial packaging and processing machinery and materials exhibition in Australia, AUSPACK PLUS, will be heading to the Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney Olympic Park from the 7th to the 10th of May 2013.
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AIP awards Southern Cross scholarship
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has announced the winner of the third scholarship for the Certificate in Packaging during the 2011 PCA Awards.
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APPMA appoints new directors
The Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) have announced the appointment of two new Directors to the national board.
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Citrus needs a story to sell: marketing professor
Oranges have been labelled the ‘forgotten fruit’ by an Australian marketing expert and recommended the citrus industry start telling a story to improve sales.
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