Paper trail.
WHO SAYS AMERICA DOESN'T MAKE THE best darned food anywhere in the world? I sure don't. * On the whole, regional cultures need a lot of time to develop a cuisine they can truly call their own. Middle Eastern nations devoted hundreds of years to chick-pea R&D before they were...

Investigate edible coatings from fruit purees.
Edible films and coatings, by regulating the transfer of moisture, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lipid, aroma and flavor compounds in food systems, can increase a product's shelf life and improve its quality. These materials can also decrease the amounts of conventional synthetic packaging materials needed to preserve and protect foods,...

Tapemark announces organizational changes.
Tapemark Company, a contract manufacturer based in West St. Paul, MN, announced that Tom Yetter is now serving as the company's vice president of research and development, and Kim Mueller has assumed the position of vice president of sales and marketing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yetter will...

In Search of Perfection.
In Search of Perfection Heston Blumenthal Bloomsbury 175--5th Avenue Suite 300, New York NY 10010 1596912502, $34.95 www.bloomsburyusa.com IN SEARCH OF PERFECTION: REINVENTING KITCHEN CLASSICS comes packed with color photos by Simon Wheeler and presents reflections by one of...

Toilet no place for pharmaceuticals.
Patients have been advised for many years by consumer safety groups to get rid of old medications by flushing them down the toilet. This was to keep them away from children, abusers and to prevent harm from errors. This is outdated! Why? There is a...

Novel enzyme immobilization technique uses energy-curable materials for bioactive packaging.
Enzymes improve the quality, performance and appearance of food. Incorporating enzymes within a packaging material, sometimes referred to as bioactive packaging, is a niche area in the field of active food packaging. However, commercial examples of bioactive packaging are scarce due to technical and economic limitations, since...

Sealed Air acquires Alga Plastics, expands packaging.
Elmwood Park, NJ-based Sealed Air Corp., a manufacturer of packaging materials and equipment, has completed its acquisition of Alga Plastics, a Cranston, RI-based designer and manufacturer of rigid packaging for medical, consumer and industrial applications, helping Sealed Air build on its presence in the medical device packaging industry and...

The sun shines on a family farm: organic rice grower reaps what it sows.
For someone who grew up surrounded by farmland in landlocked Lancaster County, PA, it's strange to see "beach birds" at Lundberg Family Farms in California's Sacramento Valley. Snowy white egrets and great blue herons pick through the rice paddies around me, seeking insects and grains. Jet-black ibis float in...

Cosmetic Packaging Group/O.Berk Company.
HEADQUARTERS: 3 Milltown Court Union, NJ 07083, USA Tel: 908-851-9500 * 888-274-2375 Fax: 908-687-1223 E-mail: cpg@oberk.com Website: www.OBERK.com FOUNDED: 1910 KEY PERSONNEL: Marc M. Gaelen, President & CEO Steven Nussbaum, Director of Marketing...

Crystallisation and melting behavior of methyl esters of palm oil.
Abstract: The methyl esters of palm oil, which consists of saturated and unsaturated esters (0.6 to 95.9% unsaturation) of the C12 to C18 fatty acids, solidify at the two temperature ranges, -52 to -45[degrees]C and -24 to 21[degrees]C, when the esters are cooled. When the esters are heated, they...