It was so long since MIL-STD-129P Change 4 was released (2007, would you believe?), that I wondered if this Standard was now frozen in time and was achieving everything that the DoD logistics people wanted it to. Well, a couple of weeks ago, 129R appeared so the question is answered. The changes from the old standard […]
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Changes Coming to Nutrition Labels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed two new rules that will result in changes to the Nutrition Facts label on food packages. These two rules (0910-AF22 and 0910-AF23,) require updating the nutrition information and changing the format and appearance of the label to help consumers make healthy dietary choices. The FDA suggests that new Food Science evidence […]
Pharma Track & Traceability – Bundle Labeling
With HR 3204, The Drug Quality and Security Act, having finally been signed by the President, we can expect to see a lot more activity in the area of tracking and traceability for pharmaceutical products. It is important to be able to establish traceability from pallets of product to the cases that make up the […]
Time to Upgrade Your Datamax A-Class Printer
If you use the original model of Datamax-O’Neil’s A-Class print engine, 2014 is an important year. Manufacture of this print engine was discontinued in 2009 and at the end of 2014 factory support comes to an end. Obviously this doesn’t mean that your machine will stop working, but from December 2014, Datamax-O’Neil will no longer […]
Personalized Wine Labels
If you need to produce short runs of labels for wine bottles (or anything else) getting great quality printing at a sensible price has always been a challenge. This has changed with the introduction of the new VP700 Memjet powered label printer from ID Technology. The VP700 is able to produce glorious colour labels at […]
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