Deli

Continuing to expand and enhance its food packaging lines, Placon, a top US thermoformer of custom and stock food containers, retail and medical device packaging as well as recycled PET materials, announced that it is currently rolling out its new anti-fog lid technology on its entire line of PET cold deli food packaging products. …

Oscar Mayer has agreed to pay the state nearly $14,000 in fines and install scales worth $10 million at its Iowa processing plant after the company allegedly sold multiple kinds of short-weight meat packages in Wisconsin grocery stores, the state announced Wednesday. …

Before the development of modern packaging, cheesemakers relied on natural wraps to protect their cheeses en route to market. Nature conveniently provided materials free for the taking, such as chestnut, fig and grape leaves, ferns and cabbage leaves. …

Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats, a Wittenberg, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,454 pounds of liver paté products because they are misbranded in that they contain the milk protein sodium caseinate, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. …

MonS Fromager-Affineur has launched the Academie Opus Caseus, a unique hands-on center for professional development, offering both practical and classroom training, specifically adapted for Anglophone cheese professionals. The Acadmie exists at the heart of the MonS operational headquarters in the Loire region, outside of Lyon, France. The curriculum draws on Mons’ 50 years of experience. …