Coding, Printing & Labeling

Getting value from RFID through better data management

Information is power—but only if you can properly collect and use it.

November 30, 2005

Labeling: Page 99

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Drug companies on different RFID frequencies

Package tagging for pharmaceuticals including item level is moving forward, but slowly. Meanwhile, FDA grows impatient.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lactose labeling suit filed

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization that promotes vegetarian diets, filed suit in Superior Court for Washington, DC, demanding that every milk carton bear a warning label aimed at lactose intolerance.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Groups support alcohol facts labeling

Public interest groups the National Consumers League and Shape Up America held a news conference demanding that the Bureau of Alcohol Tax and Trade immediately mandate an Alcohol Facts panel on labels of beer, wine, and distilled spirits similar to panels on food and beverage packaging.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Embedded RFID

Should consumer packaged goods companies consider using packaging materials with RFID tags built in?

November 30, 2005

Cartoning

Pondering the puzzle

Facing a Pandora’s box of global issues, and technological developments such as advanced machine controls and RFID, packagers of healthcare products forecast the future.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pondering the puzzle (sidebar)

Radio-frequency identification

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead

Experts assess the impact of Gen 2, recent price cuts, and other issues to discern where RFID is heading in 2006 and beyond.

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead (sidebar)

The experts

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead (sidebar)

Tech trend: Embedded tags

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead (sidebar)

Tech trend: Forklift-enabled RFID

November 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead (sidebar)

Tech trend: RFID sensors

November 30, 2005

Flexible packaging

Look what's coming down the packaging pike

From sustainability to high-pressure sterilization to nanotechnology, developments in food and beverage packaging hold tremendous promise.

November 30, 2005