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Food Industry Date & Code Labels
Dating and coding any type of food used in the food production, distribution or restaurant business is vital to maintaining a healthy reputation with the Food and Drug Administration and your customer base. Regulations for food safety information are becoming more common. The passing of the Food Safety Modernization Act few years ago was a broad piece of legislation that defines stringent labeling and identification requirements. Inspectors are requiring that perishable products have dates.
Consumers have grown to expect date of food products. When it comes to food labels, clarity is of the utmost importance. A store or food chain does not want to risk a customer being unable to read an employee’s handwriting on a label, as this can lead to confusion and the discarding of an ultimately fresh product. Clear labels are also vital in the restaurant business, as throwing away food is throwing away profit.
Therefore, it’s becoming necessary through the whole supply chain to have traceability and accountability. During your specific part of growing, transporting, preparing, or selling, you must have an acceptable dating or coding procedure, or else a problem that you didn’t cause could be falsely blamed on your organization. Employees can print their identification on the label as well to provide the source.
Hand held labeling tools (commonly referred to as price guns) are a very simple and inexpensive solution to handle the date coding of your products. Variables such as month, day, year, and time can be marked on one line, and on the second line any type of code, employee number or initials, or another date or time can be marked as well. Up to three lines are possible with these tools. The user is able to record multiple pieces of information such as a prep date/time and a Use By date/time. The labels are available in a variety of preprints that help identify the dates marked to the staff or end customers.
Uses
Label guns can be used for a variety of reasons within the food industry, including:
Adhesive Options
General purpose adhesive is the most popular and works very well in most conditions.