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MARCH 2026

Will New Guidelines Bring a Cold Start?
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, artificial dye removal and the MAHA movement could present challenges for refrigerated & frozen processors and manufacturers.
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Think Inside the Box: 6 Considerations for Designing Efficient & Durable Cold Storage Envelopes
The “box-in-box” approach – placing a high-performance cold envelope inside an existing weather-tight building – offers a powerful combination of durability, constructability and lifecycle efficiency.
Cold Chain Perspectives

EPR & the Future of Temperature-Controlled Packaging
By 2030, nearly a fifth of the U.S. population is expected to subject to EPR laws, but packaging suppliers and the cold foods companies who rely on them cannot wait years – or in some cases, even months – to comply.
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