It has been a while since I’ve thought about the format and fonts of the nutritional info labels used on food products. This week a couple of people asked me what the fonts and character size needed. I didn’t have the answer in my head, but the FDA came up with the solution, which I’m […]
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Salty Snack Sales Continue to Increase Through 2020
The consumption of snack foods in the U.S. is undoubtedly a large part of our culture. Snacks offer a convenient way to curb hunger by eating a quick bite on the go. In addition to this, they are often times individually packaged which means there is little or no preparation required to stock up and […]
Walmart’s New Case Barcode Rules
When a company as big as Walmart decides to change the rules in its supply chain, it can have far-reaching effects on suppliers (remember RFID?). This will certainly be the case with the new barcoding rules the company is introducing. Walmart is introducing changes to shipping case labeling to solve problems that are occurring in the […]
Date Coding for Small Brewers
If you are one of the many small brewers who has switched over to using cans (or maybe you’ve only used cans), you have the task of applying date or lot codes to your products. For breweries with automatic fillers and conveyor systems, this can be quite simple – ID Technology’s Citronix CIJ printer is […]
A Look at Food Label Transparency
Food Label Transparency and Why It Matters to the Consumer There have been multiple updates regarding food labels in the past few months, specifically with GMO Labeling, and this has become a topic of discussion across news channels, publications, and blogs. As we place a greater emphasis on the importance of food labels, it is […]
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