by Samantha Luc | Dec 2, 2020 | Food Safety, Nutrition/Labeling, Packaging/Supplies, Production Traceability, Production/Operations
Before we talk about how to create a lot code, we should talk a little bit about what a traceability lot code is, and why you might need one. As global supply chains slowly become more integrated, creating complex supply chains, food safety experts around the world...
by Taylor Smith | Nov 11, 2020 | Business Owner Profiles, Downloads, Food Marketing/PR, Food Safety, Natural Products, Nutrition/Labeling, Packaging/Supplies, Production Traceability, Production/Operations, Resources
Recently I had the good fortune to meet Samirah Ibrahim Vice President of Operations at GreenRx-ID™, a subsidiary of Digi-Trax®. Digi-Trax® made a mark in the healthcare industry by becoming a leader in compliance barcode labeling while also providing both...
by Taylor Smith | Oct 23, 2020 | Business Owner Profiles, Food Marketing/PR, Natural Products, Nutrition/Labeling, Production Traceability, Production/Operations, Resources
Recently I had the opportunity to learn about an innovative business named The Dairy Free Company, co-founded by Beth Meany and Eric Hurwitz. If the word “substitute” springs to mind when you hear “dairy free”, let that notion slip right on by! This company makes...
by Taylor Smith | Aug 12, 2020 | Food Marketing/PR, Food Safety, Natural Products, Production Traceability, Production/Operations, Resources
As the Cannabis industry grows in the United States, regulations and traceability are becoming more important than ever. Thus, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software has become crucial to the cultivation, production, and distribution of cannabis and cannabis...
by Matt Brown | May 10, 2020 | Production Traceability, Production/Operations, Resources
Barcodes are a way to encode information into a visual pattern (usually black lines and white spaces) that a machine such as a barcode “scanner” can read. There are different types of formats (or standards) for a barcode, but essentially a barcode is an...
by Drew Neuville | Jan 10, 2020 | Food Safety, Natural Products, Nutrition/Labeling, Packaging/Supplies, Production Traceability, Production/Operations, Resources
A new FDA guideline set to roll out January 1, 2021 will require certain manufacturers to produce a new format of nutrition labels. The new labels will require two columns, one for single serving nutritional facts and one for entire package nutritional facts. The new...