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Krones wins in the “Sustainability”
category at German Packaging

Award 2020

• On 25th August, the German Packaging Institute announced the German Packaging
Award 2020 winners.

• Both Krones AG and its subsidiary, Dekron, can look forward to receiving an award
in the “Sustainability” category.

• The prize-winning entry involves a beverage bottle, the design and lifecycle of which
were comprehensively created in accordance with sustainability criteria.

• Both the bottle and all of the related technologies are already available as marketable
products.

Each element designed with an eye to The leitmotif of “sustainability” is also age industry.
recycling reflected in the artwork displayed on the
bottle print and – in a slightly more subtle Greatest European performance
With the “3 Circles” bottle, all of the manner – in the design of the bottle body. showcase
individual elements and the entire lifecycle For the globally recognised recycling
were designed to be sustainable. It is made icon provided the inspiration for the idea The internationally advertised German
one-hundred percent out of recycled PET of the tripodal base. The same rings true Packaging Prize is sponsored by the
and it itself can be completely recycled for the shoulder area which is the shape Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and
again after use. Instead of having a label of three rounded-off triangular areas and Energy and is viewed as being Europe’s
which is normally unable to be recycled, which generates a connection between the greatest showcase of performance in
the bottle was decorated using a digital bottle neck and body area which is very the field of packaging. According to the
direct print. The inks used here dissolve in unusual for PET bottles, but which remains German Packaging Institute, the variety of
the recycling process without leaving any harmonious. submissions was the greatest ever and the
residues, meaning that the bottle material quality of innovations was at a very high
can be used once again for food packaging The technologies for the production, decor- level. The competition is open to com-
in the subsequent lifecycles without loss. ation and recycling of the bottle are already panies, individuals and institutions, both
A tethered cap was selected as the closure. available at Krones and Dekron as standard domestic and abroad. The submitted entries
This cap remains firmly attached to the products. The recycled starting material, are assessed by an independent jury. The
body of the bottle after opening and thus the specially designed preform, and the 22 members originate from the indus-
meets the requirements of EU directive container and its decoration with environ- trial, trade, branded product and research
2019/904. mentally friendly ink are all self-produced. sectors.
“3 Circles“ is thus a marketable all-round
Marketable overall concept from tried concept for the sustainable packaging of https://www.krones.com/
and tested technologies beverages for commercial use in the bever-

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SAFETY / HYGIENE
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FSSAI asks States to SAFETY/HYGIENE & REGULATIONS 53
increase surveillance
to curb adulteration in FSSAI may issue
edible oils order to reduce
trans-fat in food
items by 2022

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is plan-
has asked States to curb adulteration in edible oils across ning to come out with a regulation to reduce trans-fat
the country. It has asked food safety officers in States to content in food products having fats or oils to 2 per
take appropriate action if the presence of adulterants is detected cent by 2022. It currently allows trans-fat content in fats and
in vegetable oil refineries, oil blending units and other production oils to 5 per cent. The notification to further reduce to 3 per
units that make edible vegetable oils. cent by 2021 and 2 per cent by 2022 is still in the process.

In the order sent to state food safety commissioners, FSSAI said, “Food safety is one aspect, but eating healthy and sustainable
“It is advised to strictly monitor the production process of all food is a priority. We are coming out with regulations to
vegetable oil refineries and blending units through surveillance decrease trans-fat in foods and oils to 2 per cent by 2022,”
through indicators like presence of glycerine in the oil mills, said Arun Singhal, CEO, FSSAI.
presence of oryzanol in the mustard oil products of such mills/
Food Business Operators and ensure prevention of use of any syn- The food safety executive shared this in a virtual event
thetic oil for adulteration with any edible vegetable oil including organised by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry
mustard oil.” (CII) on the 4th anniversary of the CII-HUL Initiative on
Food Safety Sciences (CHIFSS). Asserting that trans-fat is a
The food safety authority urged food safety commissioners to “serious issue”, Singhal added that the industry should come
ensure that testing for oryzanol in mustard oil is carried out on forward for collaboration with the FSSAI to find ways to
regular basis with strict enforcement. Rice bran oil, which is bring down the trans-fat content in foods and oils.
cheaper and a rich source of oryzanol, is most prevalently used as
an adulterant in mustard oils. Currently, bakeries, sweet shops and other food business
operators can voluntarily display ‘trans-fat-free’ logos on
In its order, the FSSAI has also urged the commissioners to food products and in their outlets. Speaking on the occasion,
sensitise food safety officers on undertaking surveillance and en- FSSAI Chairperson Rita Teaotia lauded food businesses
forcement activities needed to seize adulterants from vegetable oil for being responsive in these times of extraordinary public
refineries and oil blending units. “If any DAG/Synthetic oil is any health emergency due to COVID-19.
oil mill appropriate proceedings should be initiated against such
Food Business Operator as per the provision of Food Safety and “In many developed countries, every aspect of production,
Standards Act 2006 and rules and regulations made thereunder,” processing, distribution and retailing, street vending and
the order stated. consumption of food systems can be and is comprehensively
regulated. Therefore, designing a food safety out there is
Last year, in a survey done in the Delhi-NCR region, FSSAI simpler, and all the stakeholders find it feasible to imple-
found that 33 per cent samples of mustard oils were found to have ment. In a nation like ours, where size, volumes and diversity
oryzanol. The food safety authority had earlier this year, asked of stakeholders are enormous, we need to contextualize the
officers to collect samples of mustard oils of various brands for food safety risk management design,” added the Chairper-
testing. son.

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WHO appeals countries to remove

industrially produced trans fats by 2023

WHO Director General appeals to countries to protect their citizens from industrially produced trans fats, and
remove it from the global food system by 2023

More than 3 billion people tion: India in August 2019, and Nigeria in atively slow but growing
across 58 countries are January 2020. New policy measures passed interest in regulating
now protected from and introduced have overwhelmingly TFA. India has had less
harmful trans fats in their food since followed best practice (passed in Brazil restrictive limits in effect
the launch of the World Health and Turkey; drafts introduced in India and since 2013. In 2019, India
Organisation’s Global REPLACE Nigeria); and countries that previously had notified draft best-practice
trans fat initiative in 2018. less restrictive measures are updating 8 regulations that would
policies to align with best practice (passed reduce the current regulat-
“More than 6 billion people live in in Saudi Arabia; draft introduced in India). ory limit for industrially
countries that don’t protect their cit- According to the WHO, countries with the produced TFA from 5%
izens from the harmful effects of in- highest trans-fat burden still do not have in oils and fats to 2%, and
dustrially produced trans fats,” said best practice policies in place and should expand the limit to apply
WHO director general Dr Tedros act immediately to protect their populations to all fats, oils and foods
Adhanom in his remarks September from the harms of trans fat. These coun-
9 while releasing the WHO report tries are Egypt, Iran, Mexico, Azerbaijan, “India has a double burden
on Global Trans Fats Elimination Ecuador, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, India, of malnutrition – With
2020. “WHO has been spearhead- Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. both under nutrition and
ing the effort to eliminate the use rising obesity. The diet-re-
of industrially produced trans fats In 2011, India passed regulations that set lated diseases continue
globally by 2023. It is time for the a TFA limit of 10% in oils and fats, which to be an issue as rates of
world’s leaders to protect their people from was further reduced to 5% in 2015. In overweight and obesity continue to rise,
industrial trans fats. We have developed December 2018, the Food Safety and Stand- said Dr Sujeet Ranjan, Executive Director,
evidence based tools to make it happen, for ards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposed The Coalition for Food and Nutrition
countries to make it happen, Just imagine, reducing this limit to 2% and eliminating in- Security (CFNS). “Underweight still
every child born anywhere in the world after dustrially produced TFA in the food supply mostly affects children and adolescents,
that date would be protected from exposure by 2022, a year ahead of the global target. In while overweight and obesity are rising
to these harmful chemicals. August 2019, the FSSAI proposed aligning across all ages. Eating foods rich in trans
India’s regulations with global best practice fats increases the amount of harmful LDL
In 2018, WHO launched a global effort to and notified for public comment draft reg- cholesterol in the bloodstream and reduces
eliminate industrially produced trans-fat ulations that apply the 2% TFA limit to all the amount of beneficial HDL cholesterol
by 2023 in order to save lives and improve food products by January 2022 which are major risk factors to common
health and well-being of people to achieve non-communicable diseases like to cardio
healthier populations. While more than The South-East Asia Region has seen rel- vascular diseases, heart stroke, diabetes,
3.2 billion people in 58 countries will be and other chronic conditions. The commit-
protected from trans-fat by next year—more ment of FSSAI to reduce the industrially
than 100 countries still have this harmful produced trans fatty acids to less than
compound in their food supply. 2% by the year 2022 in a phased manner
is a positive move to get Freedom from
Eliminating industrially produced trans-fat Trans Fat. This is the time to raise awareness
is more important than ever to save lives among people about the harmful effects and
and prevent cardiovascular diseases without its link to cardiovascular diseases,” he said.
burdening the health systems. Countries
and regions should prioritise actions to ban A regional capacity-building workshop was
industrially produced trans fats, to improve planned for 2020 to strengthen regulat-
their populations’ health and well-being and ory capacities of national policymakers
prevent premature deaths. in the region. However, as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, it has been post-
Since the first annual progress report in May poned, perhaps to 2021. Some parts of the
2019, there has been significant progress planned capacity-building training may
in TFA elimination around the world. Two be conducted virtually while waiting for
countries notified draft best-practice TFA the more detailed face-to-face training
policies for public comment and consulta- workshop.

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FSSAI Extends Timeline

for Compliance of Printing
Inks Used on Food Packages

Through its notification of 10 September 2020, the FSSAI has extended SEPTEMBER - 2020 Food Drink & Innovations
the timeline relating to Printing inks for use on food packages of the
Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018.

The Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations 2018, were notified
in the Gazette of India on 24 December 2018. In these regulations several IS
standards are cross-referred with regard to packaging materials for mandatory
compliance.

The IS standards are usually revised by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
based on the latest technological updates or on the basis of revision in the
Global standards. Some of these standards are also referenced in Food Safety
and Standards Regulations for mandatory compliance. It has been brought to
the notice of the FSSAI that Food Business Operators (FBOs) sometimes face
difficulties with respect to immediate compliance after revision of such stand-
ards and which are published by BIS.

Since FBOs are facing difficulties in the immediate implementation of these
standards, the FSSAI has permitted FBOs to comply with these IS revised
standards by either 1 January or 1 July as the case may be, subject to a
minimum of 180 days transition period from the date of publication of such
standards by BIS.

About Printing Ink for food packaging
BIS recently revised the standards of printing inks used for food packaging
where a major change was the banning of toluene in food packaging inks.
Toluene is generally used as a solvent in printing inks for packaging material.
Almost all the printing ink used in food packaging in India contains some
amount of toluene, mainly because it is cheaper. However, toluene can cause
some health hazards and therefore several countries have banned the use of
toluene in printing ink for food contact material and BIS has also banned its
use. The new standards have been formulated to ensure that printing inks used
for food packaging do not contain harmful chemicals that could get transferred
to the packaged food.

Source : FSSAI

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SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT

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Cargill and ZeroNorth enter a strategic
partnership to accelerate the use of digital
solutions that decarbonise shipping

Cargill invests in ZeroNorth and commits its entire operated fleet to using the Optimise software to reduce CO2 emissions through digital
technology. The increased scale will support ZeroNorth in further developing its offering and growing its customer base.

Cargill invests in ZeroNorth and and bunker consumption. Reducing CO2 testing the Optimise software on part of its
commits its entire operated fleet emissions through improved vessel per- chartered fleet.
to using the Optimise software formance is a critical part of our business
to reduce CO2 emissions through digital and we recognise the value of collaboration “By having Cargill onboard as a large-scale
technology. The increased scale will with fellow industry leaders to achieve customer and investor we are taking yet
support ZeroNorth in further developing its this. By partnering with ZeroNorth, we will another step towards digitalising the tramp
offering and growing its customer base. combine Cargill’s experience in chartering shipping industry to make a positive im-
and trading with ZeroNorth’s expertise in pact on the climate,” says Soren C. Meyer,
ZeroNorth, the recent spin-off from software engineering,” says Jan Dieleman, CEO at ZeroNorth. “We are excited to have
Maersk Tankers, helps vessel owners and Business Leader for Cargill Ocean Trans- Cargill and Maersk Tankers, two industry
operators in the tramp shipping industry portation. leaders, as both owners and customers of
to reduce CO2 emissions and optimise ZeroNorth. They share our commitment to
earnings through its software Optimise. In June 2020, ZeroNorth announced it leading the industry to a more sustainable
The collaboration with Cargill will increase was looking for a new investor alongside future and we will harness their insight to
the number of vessels using the software to Maersk Tankers to grow and develop the deliver value for our customers, and for the
just under 1,000. company into an industry-wide platform industry as a whole,” says Meyer.
for the global tanker and dry bulk fleet. As
“By using the quantitative data approach investor, Cargill will play an active role in The agreement is subject to anti-trust
on vessel performance, Cargill’s customers shaping the company’s strategic direction. review and approval.
will benefit from reduced CO2 emissions Cargill has been a customer since 2019,
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58 supply chain management Amazon opens 2 new

Marks & Spencer fulfilment centres,
expands sort centre in
joins online grocery Telangana

market through Ocado Ahead of the festive season, Amazon India announced the
expansion of its fulfilment network in Telangana with 2 new
Marks & Spencer has finally joined the online grocery fulfilment centres and the expansion of one existing sort centre
market and its entire food range will be available to order in Hyderabad.
through Ocado.com.
With this infrastructure, Amazon now offers a storage capacity
The retail giant partnership began just over a year ago of more than 4.5 million cubic feet spread across 4 fulfilment
when M&S bought a 50% stake in Ocado Retail, and centres to its more than 23,000 sellers in Telangana. With the
from today, customers will be able to order their Marks expansion of sort centre, Amazon India offers overall sortation
& Spencer groceries from Ocado.com. area of more than one lakh sq ft in Telangana.

Through the partnership, customers of Ocado Retail will find The expansion is a part of the company’s recently announced
equivalent or “higher quality” products of their old favourites plans to add 10 new fulfilment centres and expand 7 existing
at the same or better value alongside the full M&S Food range sites, across India.
of 6,000 products, and 800 M&S every day clothing and home
lines. Prakash Kumar Dutta, director, fulfilment centres & supply
chain, Amazon India, said, “Amazon and Telangana have
Ocado Retail serves 74% of the UK population today and sig- partnered on several initiatives since the commencement of
nificant investment is being made to expand capacity, which our operations in India with our largest fulfilment centre in the
will increase by 40% in 2021. country located in Hyderabad. We are delighted to extend the
partnership further with this additional investment in the state
Melanie Smith, CEO of Ocado Retail said: “Today Ocado Re- helping us deliver safely to our customers at their doorstep.
tail are bringing the best to your door with the launch of M&S This network expansion will help create thousands of work
products exclusively on Ocado.com. This marks the culmina- opportunities and will further help us support small & medium
tion of over a year of hard work by everyone involved”. businesses in the region to fulfil their customer orders seam-
lessly. It will also provide an economic boost to the Telangana
Stuart Machin, MD of M&S Food added: “Taking our full e-commerce ecosystem across packaging, transportation and
food range online for the first time is transformative for M&S logistics.”
food and brings to life our strategy to protect the magic, the
delicious, quality food and trusted sourcing standards custom- Amazon has one of the most advanced fulfilment networks
ers love—whilst modernising the rest. in the world and sellers in India have been benefitting from
Amazon’s expertise in fulfilment, reliable nationwide delivery
“This is a long-term partnership and in preparation for go-live and customer service. The specialized FC in Telangana will
we have listened intently to customers to deliver an even big- store thousands of products in the Large Appliances category
ger, better range—with more family pack sizes, more scratch consisting of air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines
cooking ingredients, household staples and organic options.” & TVs and from a selection of over 1.2 lakh products covering
the entire furniture range. The other FC in Telangana will cater
20,000 packets of M&S’s Percy Pigs have already been to customer demand for products in smartphones, consumer
ordered since the partnership launch today. electronics, appliances, fashion and consumables (FMCG)
category to name a few.
Machin concluded: “As more families shop for M&S products
online, they will see the breadth that M&S food has to offer Amazon India in Telangana
and we’re confident they will find we remain serious on qual- • 4 fulfilment centres with more than 4.5 million cubic feet of
ity whilst also being serious about value.” storage space
• A campus spread over more than 9 acres
Food Drink & Innovations SEPTEMBER - 2020 • 2 sort centres in the state with more than 100,000 sq. ft. of
processing area
• Robust delivery network with more than 80 Amazon-owned
and service partner delivery stations in the state
• More than 23000 sellers in Telangana
• Thousands of ‘I Have Space’ stores in Telangana
• Top categories include – smartphones, large appliances, fash-
ion, consumer electronics and grocery

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