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Strict regulations, high material costs, and consumer pressures for safer food are just some of the factors impacting food producers today. The recent outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes and last July’s recall of baby spinach due to E. Coli contamination are just two examples that show how important accurate traceability is in modern food supply […]

Major foodservice companies are seeing measurable benefits as part of the industry-driven Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative. Two years ago, the initiative was launched as a voluntary industry collaboration to reduce waste, improve product information, and add traceability in the foodservice supply chain. GS1 US hopes the industry will attain a 75 percent voluntary adoption of GS1 […]

The FDA will soon issue guidelines for marking medical devices with a Unique Device Identification (UDI) and for identifying pharmaceuticals with a Serial Number Identification (SNI). The FDA’s goal has been to improve traceability of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, but delays have left many manufacturers and distributors of these products confused as to how they […]

Hey there, Labeling News Readers. As you know, us Winco guys are real men (despite anything you might have heard to the contrary and we are serious about men’s health issues. We have therefore started a team for this year’s Movember –  Winco’s Mo Bro’s. Not only are we going to look really dashing with […]

At our recent “Demystify DoD Labeling Standards” seminar, held just last week in Nashua, NH, we had a chance to talk with people who are involved with government contracts and needed a better understanding of UID or RFID. For them, the seminar was just the thing to help them become more knowledgeable about labeling standards […]