Packaura
/ August 5, 2026
If you pack, process, or ship foods on the FDA’s high-risk list, FSMA Section 204 is going to reshape how your labels, cartons, and cases are printed — even though the rule itself never mentions the word ‘label.’ The requirement is about recordkeeping, but in
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Packaura
/ July 29, 2026
Picking a plastic for food packaging usually comes down to two resins that look similar on a spec sheet but behave very differently on a filling line: polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). Choose wrong and you end up with lids that crack in the freezer,
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Packaura
/ July 24, 2026
Choosing packaging isn’t just a branding decision — it’s a shelf life decision. The material wrapped around a product determines how much oxygen, moisture, and light reach it, and those three factors drive spoilage, staling, and flavor loss across nearly every food and pharmaceutical category.
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Packaura
/ July 19, 2026
Walk down any grocery aisle and you’ll see two very different metal cans doing the same job: keeping food shelf-stable for months or years. What most shoppers call a “tin can” is almost always tin-plated steel, while soda and beer cans are aluminum. They look
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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 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 6, 2026
“Eco-friendly” packaging isn’t one thing — it’s at least two competing systems, and picking the wrong one for your market can mean containers that end up in a landfill no matter what the label promises. Compostable and recyclable packaging both sound like the responsible choice,
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Packaura
/ July 6, 2026
Getting a new food product onto shelves is exciting, but a mislabeled package or an unapproved packaging material can trigger a recall, a warning letter, or a costly relabeling run before you ever build momentum. For small brands without an in-house regulatory team, FDA rules
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Packaura
/ June 22, 2026
Whether you’re launching a new food product or rethinking your current packaging, the choice between kraft paper and white paper shapes everything from shelf performance to brand perception to end-of-life recyclability. Both are widely used, both can be made PFAS-free, and both can handle greasy
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Packaura
/ June 20, 2026
Dairy packaging spans the most demanding format diversity in food: aseptic cartons for shelf-stable milk, gable-top cartons for refrigerated milk, HDPE jugs for fluid milk, multilayer plastic cups for yogurt, and increasingly creative formats for plant-based dairy alternatives. Each format balances barrier requirements, line speed,
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Packaura
/ May 28, 2026
Frozen food packaging must withstand temperatures as low as -40°C, resist freezer burn through 12-month shelf lives, run cleanly on high-speed VFFS lines, and increasingly satisfy recyclability mandates from California to the EU. The category’s packaging requirements diverge significantly from ambient food formats — substrate
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