Fairbanks Scales, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., released the new PM43 direct thermal label printer.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Washington, D.C., launched the SmartLabel initiative, a push for labels with barcodes that scan to manufacturer’s websites and provide ingredient and sustainability information.

BOPP film specialist Treofan America, Winston-Salem, N.C., installed a new 8.7-meter-wide production line at its Neunkirchen, Germany, facility.

Weber Packaging Solutions, Arlington Heights, Ill., introduced the new liner-free label printer-applicator that can print and apply linerless labels.

Inland Packaging acquired Monet Graphics, a flexographic printer of labels and coupons based in Downingtown, Pa.

Responding to industry and consumer demand for non-GMO certification options, NSF International launched NSF Non-GMO True North, a suite of GMO transparency services for retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and producers.

It’s probably not the news some in the food industry want to hear, but a new study conducted by the University of Vermont suggests consumers won’t be scared away from purchasing foods containing genetically modified ingredients if those foods would be required to carry a GMO label.

With added sugar drawing a lot of consumer attention these days, a new proposed nutrition label may help allay their concerns.

Last week, Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, presented to the Senate his amendment to repeal mandatory country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) requirements for beef, pork and chicken to prevent Canada and Mexico from imposing billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on the US economy.

Weber Packaging Solutions, Arlington Heights, Ill., debuted its new Alpha Compact top and bottom labeling system for top and/or bottom labeling on clamshells, trays and chipboard cartons.