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With many Americans commemorating April 22 as "Earth Day," Rich Products' Consumer Brands Division, St. Simons, Island, Ga., turned up the volume on the importance of sustainable seafood.

With more sustainable packages appearing on store shelves, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods seeks an industry perspective from Brian McGlynn, a 30-year-plus food packaging industry veteran who has worked with all types of packaging materials.

People might say you need to “blow off some steam” when things get rough. But no matter what, you’d be hard pressed to find any processors just “blowing off” steam. That’s because steam-cook packaging is helping fuel growing microwavable food sales, which are expected to reach $75.4 billion by next year, according to a study by Global Industry Analysts Inc. 

R&FF asks packaging company representatives to discuss the challenges of creating microwavable steam-cook packages for frozen food applications.

In the face of consumers’ food safety concerns, need for convenience and demand for high-quality products, one factor quite literally keeps refrigerated and frozen food processors - and their products - from falling short.

ConAgra Foods announced that it will now use post-consumer recycled plastic in its frozen meal trays.

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., says it is now using between 30 percent and 40 percent post-consumer recycled plastic in nearly all frozen meal trays for Healthy Choice, Banquet, Kid Cuisine and Marie Callender's products.

This IAFP symposium will address the proper preparation of a class of foods considered “not-ready-to-eat” (containing raw or partially cooked ingredients) in microwave ovens.

Wal-Mart or not, there's a compelling dollars-and-sense case for package optimization.

Sustainable packaging is getting a lot of attention. But what does it mean, and how can it appeal to consumers?