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Produce industry headlines: March 31, 2026

Links today include new Trader Joe's stores, SpartanNash upgrades, a plastic in produce survey, crop updates, and more.

2 months ago 2 minute read

CPMA urges government collaboration after court ruling against plastic packaging

The ruling raises the risk that the government may return to the regulatory intentions it set out in 2023 which...

4 months ago 3 minute read

UN accreditation allows IFPA to address plastic packaging concerns

IFPA has recently received accreditation status for the UNEP, which has plastics as among one of its many environmental concerns.

11 months ago 3 minute read

Canadian study highlights the role of produce packaging

August 22, 2024 (Ottawa, ON) – A study commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Environment and Climate Change...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Canadian government launches plastic registry

The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 released this member alert May 6, 2024: The Government of Canada has announced...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Progress in the European, Canadian packaging ban battles

European and Canadian governments have targeted food packaging, particularly plastic, as a threat to climate change, and plan to phase...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Emerald Packaging, D’Arrigo California launch post-consumer recycled bag

UNION CITY, Calif., Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Producing sustainable packaging is an environmental necessity today. Emerald Packaging, Inc. the leading flexible packaging...

3 years ago 6 minute read

New Minnesota plastics-recycling plant offers expanded food, film capabilities

MINNEAPOLIS–SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A state-of-the-art facility designed to recycle flexible film, a widely used...

3 years ago 9 minute read

CPMA and WGA: Short-sighted plastics ban would cause food shortages and increase prices

Canadian consumers are already besieged by high food prices. Now the government is pushing to implement a plastics ban without...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Session explores the reality of packaging in produce

ANAHEIM—A discussion of the intricacies of packaging in the fresh produce is a lot to cover in 30 minutes. At...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Sprouts Farmers Market to eliminate single use plastic bags by end of this year

PHOENIX, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty...

3 years ago 3 minute read

WM, Dow roll out first residential plastic film recycling program

HOUSTON and MIDLAND, Mich. , Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Packaging company explores plastic alternatives

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sustainable packaging company DS Smith today announced that it has designed out over 313 million pieces of problem plastics...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Plastic Bank’s founder to keynote OPS 2022

(MONTEREY, CA — April 25, 2022) Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Waste and wrapping cucumbers

A new study by Wrap, a British organization promoting sustainability, has released a study contending that wrapping certain fresh produce...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Costco moves away from plastic packaging in produce

As part of its ongoing sustainability efforts in merchandising, Costco Wholesale BB #:150902, Issaquah, WA, is moving away from plastic...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Berry companies introduce Innovation Challenge to address plastic waste

Watsonville, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2021 – Fresh berry leader Driscoll’s BB #:116044 has partnered with Think Beyond Plastic to...

5 years ago 5 minute read

European packaging restriction will have consequences

North American produce companies that export to Europe face new regulations on packaging. The European Union updated its food packaging...

5 years ago 3 minute read
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