Archives for May 6, 2003

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Amcor makes sipping easier

In Australia, Amcor has launched a new closure, the Self-Piercing Sipper Cap, which is said to be make drinking from push-pull closures a simpler and less messy business.

Chinese expo rescheduled because of SARS

ProPak China 2003 has been rescheduled to 3 - 5 September 2003 from its original dates of 8 - 11 July 2003 because of the current threat caused by the outbreak of SARS in the Asia-Pacific region.

Food Safe to patent sanitising process

Food Safe, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Aquentium, has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its proprietary food sanitisation process.

Europe agrees to tagging

The European Commission believes that the results of the Electronic Identification of Animals project, published this week, confirm the feasibility of electronically tagging cattle, sheep and goats.