Packaura
/ July 20, 2026
If your packaging carries a chasing-arrows symbol or the word ‘recyclable’ and you sell into California, SB 343 changes what you’re allowed to say — and the rules just got more complicated after a federal court stepped in. This guide walks through what the law
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Packaura
/ July 17, 2026
A vegan logo on a box or label is supposed to be a quick trust signal, but the packaging itself can quietly break the promise. Adhesives, inks, coatings, and even the glue in a shipping carton sometimes contain animal-derived ingredients like gelatin, casein, tallow, beeswax,
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Packaura
/ July 16, 2026
If you sell into Muslim-majority markets, or sell to brands that do, your packaging can now be the thing that stalls a shipment at customs — not the food inside it. Indonesia’s BPJPH is enforcing mandatory halal certification for packaging materials that touch food starting
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Packaura
/ July 15, 2026
If you ship into the EU, a new packaging law is about to change how you box orders. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — puts a hard numeric limit on how much empty air you’re allowed to ship inside
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Packaura
/ July 15, 2026
If you manufacture, import, or place packaging on the EU market, the clock is running. From 12 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) — requires every packaging type to be backed by a signed Declaration of Conformity (DoC).
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Packaura
/ July 14, 2026
If you ship anything classified as a hazardous material, the box, drum, or pail it travels in isn’t just packaging — it’s regulated equipment. The Department of Transportation requires that hazmat shipments go out in containers that have passed a specific battery of performance tests
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Packaura
/ July 13, 2026
Retailers and food brands are increasingly requiring their packaging suppliers to hold recognized food safety certification — and the SQF Food Safety Code: Manufacture of Food Sector Packaging has become the standard many reach for first. Achieving SQF Packaging Code certification signals to buyers that
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Packaura
/ July 12, 2026
If you sell packaged goods into the EU, you’ve probably run into breathless warnings about a “2027 Digital Product Passport mandate for packaging” and wondered whether you’re already behind. The good news: the real legal picture is more specific — and more manageable — than
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Packaura
/ July 12, 2026
If you’ve ever flipped a shipping box over and squinted at the small stamped circle on the bottom, you’ve seen a Box Maker’s Certificate — and it probably listed either an ECT number or a Mullen (burst) rating. The two numbers look similar but measure
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Packaura
/ July 11, 2026
Sourcing packaging for frozen food means solving two problems at once: the material has to survive sub-zero storage without cracking, fogging, or letting in oxygen, and it has to satisfy two very different regulatory systems if you sell in both the US and the EU.
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Packaura
/ July 9, 2026
If you make or convert packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices, ISO 11607 isn’t optional reading — it’s the standard FDA and EU regulators point to when they ask how you know your pouches, trays, or wraps keep a device sterile until the moment it’s
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Packaura
/ July 8, 2026
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), formally Regulation (EU) 2025/40, is phasing in one of the most significant overhauls of packaging law in the bloc’s history. Reuse is one of its most operationally demanding pillars: starting in 2030, a meaningful share of transport,
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Packaura
/ July 7, 2026
If you sell cosmetics in the US, MoCRA has quietly rewritten what has to appear on your packaging, and mid-2026 is a turning point: one FDA rulemaking deadline just slipped again, another is due any month, and brands searching for a straight answer keep landing
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Packaura
/ July 6, 2026
If you print packaging that touches food — or sits anywhere near it on a shelf — you’ve probably searched for a list of ‘FDA-approved food-safe inks.’ That list doesn’t exist. FDA doesn’t approve inks as finished products; it regulates the individual substances in them
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Packaura
/ July 5, 2026
If you manufacture bottles, blisters, vials, closures, tubes, or other components that touch a medicinal product directly, sooner or later a pharma customer or regulator is going to ask about ISO 15378. It’s the standard that tells the industry your quality system is built for
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Packaura
/ June 22, 2026
“How2Recycle certified packaging” gets used loosely, and that looseness causes real problems for packaging teams. It isn’t a pass/fail certification mark like FSC or BPI — it’s a labeling and technical-review system, administered by the nonprofit GreenBlue, that assigns each individual SKU one of four
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Packaura
/ June 13, 2026
EU PPWR compliance transforms how brands selling into the European Union design, source, and report packaging through 2030 and beyond. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, finalized in 2025, replaces the prior PPWD directive with binding regulation that applies uniformly across all member states. From
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Packaura
/ June 9, 2026
Baby product packaging carries the highest safety bar in consumer goods, governed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the FDA for infant formula and medications, and an evolving patchwork of state-level chemical restriction laws targeting heavy metals, phthalates, and PFAS. From infant formula cans
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Packaura
/ June 6, 2026
Drop test standards validate that packaging protects products through the violent realities of distribution — from parcel sortation conveyors to last-mile delivery handoffs. ASTM, ISTA, and ISO test protocols simulate the drops, vibrations, and compressions packages encounter, providing pass/fail benchmarks that distinguish robust packaging from
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Packaura
/ May 19, 2026
California EPR requirements under SB 54 fundamentally restructure how producers fund and manage packaging waste in the country’s largest consumer market. With initial fee schedules taking effect in 2027 and full implementation by 2032, brands selling into California — from CPG giants to ecommerce sellers
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