Packaging

NEW YORK - U.S. bottled water volume and dollar sales increased even more vigorously last year than they did in 2000, according to new data from New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation.

MINNEAPOLIS - Philippe Starck has collaborated with Target Stores to present Starck Reality, a new collection of more than 50 everyday consumer products jazzed up with modern design.

LOS ANGELES - The produce industry is showing its concern for regulations that might be considered by Congress as part of food security legislation, the Los Angeles Times reports.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertson's and Covering Kids are rolling out a national partnership to connect uninsured children with low-cost and free health care coverage.

MINNEAPOLIS - Target Stores today announced that Sony will design a product line exclusively for its stores and Web site that will debut spring 2002.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said companies must do more testing before they label food as free of genetically engineered ingredients, The Associated Press reports.

NEW YORK - A recent study conducted by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York found that just 7 percent of parents of allergic children could correctly spot milk as an ingredient in foods found in grocery stores across the nation, Reuters reports.

NEW YORK - Carbonated soft drink sales increased a mere 0.5 percent in the United States in 2001, an increase of about 54 million cases over 2000, based on preliminary statistics released today from Beverage Marketing Corporation.