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A new Canadean report predicts that packaged water will overtake global carbonates consumption, reaching over 233 billion litres in 2015, while carbonates are expected to grow at a slower pace to around 227 billion litres.

In December 2014 NEN-ISO 8784-1 was published, specifying a method for determining the total number of colony-forming units of bacteria and bacterial spores in dry market pulp, paper, and paperboard after disintegration.

Lack of growth, price pressure from food retailers and changing consumer behaviour are all creating a challenging environment for the foods sector.

In February 2015, Packaging Digest magazine conducted a survey under US "Elder Boomers" in the field of packaging: professionals aged 60 and more. Most (56%) work in either the food or beverage packaging markets.

"The sad truth is that the US economy in general—and packagers, processors, machine builders, and automation suppliers in particular—will all be negatively affected by the lack of skills in the US manufacturing workforce."

The costs associated with shipping and returning online purchased goods in The Netherlands have been estimated at €150 million for the 4th quarter of the year 2014 in a study conducted by NVC.

Thousands of tonnes of fake and sub-standard food and drink have been seized in 47 countries around the world as part of the INTERPOL-Europol coordinated operation Opson IV.

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case with bovine fresh meat, said MEPs on Wednesday.

FoodQualityNews.com writes that the British Coatings Federation (BCF) has joined calls for the European Commission to challenge the French ban on Bisphenol A (BPA) following the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) backing of the chemical.

Atlantic salmon is often used in laboratory experiments to represent marine fishes. Researchers at Clemson University US determined the preservation effectiveness of combining modified atmosphere package (MAP) and nisin on fresh Atlantic salmon using various methods.