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Five French companies - Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Danone, Sidel, Pechiney, and Gascogne - are among the top ten in the packaging sector, all materials, combined. The other companies in the top ten are European or American - Jefferson Smurfit (Irish), Tetra Pak (Swiss), Ahlstrom Paper Group (Finnish) and International Paper (American) and Crown Cork & Seal (American). Glass weighs heavily in the top ten. The French Compagnie de Saint-Gobain ranks first, with a turnover of FFr 6.783bn, while Danone ranks third with FFr 5.249bn. Jefferson Smurfit, the paper and cardboard company, is the third-ranking company of the top ten with FFr 6.374bn, and International Paper is fourth with FFr 4.741bn.
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The French cheese group Fromageries Bel is proceeding in three stages in order to ensure that its packaging is compliant. The first stage involves following all of the changes in regulation or quality or safety standards, the second consists of asking packaging suppliers for a compliance certificate, (elimination of phtalate in ink and coatings for example) and the last stage consists of verifying the compliance of packaging with the requirements in the specifications sheets, which specify that compliance certificates must be renewed every 18 months. If a new material is used, tests and procedures will be carried out to approve it.
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In France, sensory analysis appears to be a reliable method to identify the taste or odour which packaging may transmit to the food product which it contains. Based on a 'nose panel,' this method describes the different volatile components of the odour transmitted to the food, and it identifies the sources. Other analytical methods, such as gas phase chromatography and mass spectrography may supplement this analysis for greater reliability.
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