With a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Montebello, Calif., site, Bimbo Bakeries celebrated the launch of its energy microgrids at six of its facilities in California.
Sustainability
Renewable Energy Microgrid Will Power 6 Bimbo Bakeries in California
Developed through a partnership with GreenStruxure, the microgrid will provide almost 20% of Bimbo Bakeries USA’s energy usage.
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Regulatory
FDA Ends Sales of Food Packaging Containing PFAS
A voluntary phaseout of PFAS chemicals in U.S. food contact packaging has been fulfilled, eliminating a significant source of dietary exposure to the substances for consumers.
March 4, 2024
The FDA in 2020 initiated a voluntary phaseout of some short-chain PFAS for use in food-contact packaging, which is now complete.
Sustainability
Mono-material Cheese Pack Launch Coincides with Recycling Center
The PP mono-material pack provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance. And printability allows the brand and recycling messages to pop.
February 21, 2024
The mono-material solution provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the supermarket shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance.
Sustainability
Packaging Recycling Summit Set for California
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies
Connect and collaborate across every segment of the circular supply chain at Packaging World's Packaging Recycling Summit at the JW Marriott in Anaheim September 16-18, 2024.
February 6, 2024
Pw Packaging Recycling Summit
Sustainability
Consumer Reports Finds BPA and Phthalates in Foods
BPA and phthalates are “widespread” in various types of supermarket foods, according to a Consumer Reports study.
January 30, 2024
Almost all sampled supermarket and fast food products included phthalates in a Consumer Reports study.
Sustainability
PFAS and Other Contaminants Found in Food Process Wastewater
PFAS concentrations and other contaminants found in some food process wastewater are raising concerns about environmental impacts.
December 12, 2023
Laura Hubbard collecting treated wastewater samples at a food processing facility.
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Started up a new plant or expanded food safety? Created a sustainability project to help meet environmental goals? We’d like to hear about it—and tell your peers why you deserve accolades.
December 7, 2023
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Sustainability
Diageo & Bacardi's Circular Spirits Format Emerges by Land, Sea, & Casino
The big spirits brands and their channel partners seek to eliminate tons of single-use packaging waste in bars, casinos, and even cruise ships with the disruptive ecoTOTE and SmartPour reusable packaging format.
December 7, 2023
A bar or restaurant that serves a sufficient quantity of a certain spirit—say Smirnoff as a house vodka, or Bacardi Superior as a house rum—can simply swap out these large glass bottles into a dispensing device behind the bar, akin to a watercooler or beer tap.
Sustainability
Tequila Komos and Green Loop Pioneer New Sustainable Solutions
First to utilize BIOPALL by Green Loop’s hybrid pallets and packaging made with agave production waste.
November 30, 2023
BioPall are made of 70% agave fiber and 30% wood sourced from sustainably managed forests.
Sustainability
McCain Foods Launches Business Unit to Advance Farming Technologies
Presia Ag Insights will help food companies, landowners, and farmers foster on-farm resilience and support the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices.
November 30, 2023
Mc Cain Farm Resilience
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Alternative Protein Sector, Despite Setbacks, Looks Healthy
A Horizons report from CRB takes an in-depth look at alternative proteins, detailing a still nascent industry that is learning how to succeed at production scale.
November 26, 2023
The cultivated meat sector is maturing, as are other alternative proteins, including mycelium-based meats and precision fermentation.
Sustainability
Coke, Nestle and Danone’s Recycling Claims Questioned by BEUC
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has raised concerns about the accuracy of recycling claims on plastic bottles, suggesting they mislead consumers.
November 22, 2023
Coke, Nestle And Danone’s Recycling Claims Questioned
Sustainability
FDA Monitoring Regulations for PFAS
The FDA is currently monitoring a phase-out of short chain PFAS and proposing regulatory changes to improve its ability to revoke food contact authorizations for such substances.
November 20, 2023
The FDA's proposed changes to food contact notification regulations would apply to all food contact substances, not just PFAS.
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