Archives for December 11, 2008

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End of life: a new dawn for pack-ad focus

By Neil Merrett

Packagers and manufacturers may find opportunity in looking beyond promoting renewability in bio plastics and looking at how the end of life may be sellable to consumers, according to one leading supplier of alternative plastic materials.

FDA revokes ban on antimicrobial

By staff reporter

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has revoked the order prohibiting the extralabel use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.

Firms need to act now on refrigerant fluid, says Arkema

By Jane Byrne

Very few installations have been retrofitted with HFC or topped up with recycled R22, a HCFC refrigerant fluid, with the deadline of 2009 phase-out fast approaching, claims a HFC/CHIC refrigerant manufacturer.