The trade fair for the global food industry runs Oct. 8-12 in Cologne, Germany. See suppliers and top decision makers in the retail, trade and foodservice/catering markets.

With all the food safety scares going on globally across product categories, we need to be concerned about safety and security across the food chain.

Packaging that prevents spoilage of dairy foods is eco-friendly, but there is more to being green than that. Dairy Foods asked vendors about their advances in sustainable packaging.

Packaging protects the product, but it is also a billboard of sorts where processors make claims about a food’s nutrition, value and ingredients.

Meet the PanelScott Bossong, marketing director of dairy packaging, Sealed Air’s Cryovac Food Packaging, Duncan, S.C.PJ Corcoran, director of DPET sheet, Octal, Muscat, OmanErin Reynolds, senior marketing manager, dairy, Evergreen

Schneider’s state-of-the-art aseptic brick tray packer the TP-35, offers a high-speed tray packing solution for aseptic brick boxes.

With the downturn in the economy, everyone is looking for ways to save. One major way to do this is by lowering transportation costs. To make sure you are getting charged correctly, weighing each load is more important than ever.

Companies that build machinery to produce, trim and handle packages are a valuable resource to the package designer, says Brian Dowler of Graham Engineering, York, Pa. Their experience with a broad array of packages can benefit a dairy processor.Lessons that equipment vendors learned in one application, such as the production of bottles for non-food applications, often can be applied to produce innovative options for food packages as well, he says. Container light weighting is one example.

Overnight Labels is a manufacturer of custom printed products, including shrink sleeves, labels and flexible packaging.