Are you thinking about restocking your packaging supplies? If you are, then you have a lot to think about before making the investment. The most important consideration is how long you will use the packaging. If you are going to run through it fairly quickly, then you should be good to go. But if you expect to use it for a while, there may be a few things to consider when deciding how much to buy.
Every week, it seems like a new government rule, guideline or proposal surfaces that affects food packaging. Recently, a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling on gluten-free labeling was finalized. While it will impact a narrow segment of the baking industry, it’s a precursor of bigger things to come, the biggest of which are the proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts Panel. That doesn’t even take into consideration the various proposals about labeling for partially hydrogenated oils and sodium, as well as front-of-package labeling and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Well, you get the idea.