Packaging shortages plague CIS food distribution. (Commonwealth of Independent States) From: Packaging Digest | Date: April 1, 1992 | COPYRIGHT 1992 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Russian and Ukrainian experts detail problems of money and materiel that cause precious food to spoil, shorten shelf life and restrict shipping distances.

Packaging in Russia--both containers and the factories that make them--are in such short supply that much of the food grown and harvested in the East Bloc breadbasket won't reach the market. And every pound of food is critically needed right now.

That was the conclusion of two of the speakers at a special se...