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Advancing our mission to make self-care and health information accessible to all, Bayer Consumer Health UK, in partnership with Zappar, has introduced a new Accessible QR code (AQR) on its Canescool Soothing Gel Cream product packaging to help those who are blind or partially sighted.

Canescool is the world’s first women’s intimate health brand to adopt AQR codes on its product packaging and gives the over 200,000* women who are registered as blind or partially sighted in the UK improved access to information on its product.

EVERY CAN COUNTS has established a U.S. chapter to expand its global movement to inspire, encourage, and empower more people to recycle aluminum beverage cans. The U.S. chapter joins chapters in 20 other countries.

EVERY CAN COUNTS U.S. is a partnership between aluminum beverage can manufacturers (Ardagh Metal Packaging, CANPACK, Crown Holdings, and Envases) and aluminum suppliers (Constellium, Kaiser Aluminum, Novelis, and Tri-Arrows Aluminum).

All materials that products are packed and wrapped in and the ones used to protect the products in transportation from the producer to the consumer become packaging waste after they are used.

Serbia adopted the Law on Packaging and Packaging Waste, introducing the system of extended responsibility of producers. It stipulates that economic entities placing products with packaging on the market are obligated to include the costs of collecting and processing the packaging in the product price.

Hungary’s government will require bigger food retailers to label items to indicate instances of “shrinkflation”.

According to a statement from the country’s government, food retailers with a sales revenue larger than Ft1bn ($2.9m) will be obliged to display warnings on products that have shrunk in size while their prices have been maintained or increased.

Manufacturers will have to inform retailers of any changes in product size.

They can't resist a challenge, and have put together a reminiscence pack that uses some of the most beautiful items from our archive to create a versatile, varied sensory experience. The history pack can be downloaded and printed out to instantly create a whole collection of materials from the historical archive.

They're proud to be one of the first businesses to produce a pack this kind, and hope that historic images of our famous brands will prompt memories and conversations.

An illegal worker running a company specialising in seafood trade has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for falsifying the expiry dates of products, among a slew of other charges.

The Ministry of Commerce has arrested the owner for violating the anti-commercial fraud system, falsifying the expiry dates of imported fish and shrimp products, packing and wrapping them inside containers bearing new dates and with the allegation of promoting the product as one that has been 'produced locally' with the aim of selling it to consumers.

The state-of-the-art technology and the synergies established in the centre will provide the opportunity for customers and visitors to explore and share sustainable packaging solutions in an interactive environment. The learning experience will allow for flexible exploration around sustainable and circular ready packaging for brands and manufacturers in the Iberian region and with a focus on a variety of sectors from e-commerce and FMCG, to automotive and industrials.