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DayMark introduces cloud-based, app-driven food prep and Grab & Go labeling platform DayMark Safety Systems’ new kitchen automation system is designed to transform the way restaurants, quick-service retailers and non-commercial kitchens safely prepare the food they serve consumers. Key to the platform is DayMark’s new Gateway, a proprietary digital distribution platform … read more

Most of us know that food labels are becoming more and more important to consumers. According to a survey published by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016, nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults in the country say they read food labels “always” or “most of the time” before making a food product selection. It’s a reflection of how many Americans are becoming much more concerned a … read more

Throughout the food industry in the US, we are going to see more voluntary warnings, referred to as advisory statements, on food labels. This includes products found in food displays and grab-and-go food items. These labels are known as Precautionary Allergen Labels, PALs for short, and are designed to alert consumers that a food item may have had possible contact with a food allerge … read more

Many of us find food labels to be confusing. Hopefully, this will be a thing of the past. Considerable progress has been made in recent years in food labeling to end food label confusion and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to make changes to food labels in 2018, with one of their goals being to make them easier to read and understand. But the food service … read more

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to issue new federal food labeling guidelines in 2018. In general, the guidelines, which may also be referred to as food and nutrition facts labels, will require any chain restaurant with 20 or more U.S. locations operating under the same business name, to include food labeling that shows nutritional information such as calories, fa … read more

Something mysterious has been happening at the University of Montana (UM) in Missoula. Nutrition facts labels, also known as food labels, have been slowly disappearing in the school cafeteria. While no one at the university said anything about it, the disappearing food labels finally caught the attention of reporters at the school newspaper, which ran a story on it in late April 2017 … read more

The food labeling industry is in the midst of several emerging trends. For the most part, new food labeling programs are being introduced to benefit food manufacturers, retailers marketing food products such as grab and go food items, the customers who purchase these products, and our environment. In fact, when it comes to grab and go food items, some would say that food label … read more

DayMark Safety Systems recently announced that our DissolveMark™ food labels have been reviewed and accredited by two leading, independent third-party testing laboratories. The DissolveMark labels are designed to dissolve in any temperature of water in less than 30 seconds, leaving no adhesive residue behind that could harbor harmful bacteria. Also, we were certified … read more

Food waste can be defined as the disposing of wholesome food. And food waste in America is a very complicated issue, due in part to the sheer scale of the problem.For instance, as a nation, food waste statistics indicate we discard an estimated 130 billion pounds of food each year. This amounts to approximately $160 billion annually, the equivalent of $500 per person.This total also include … read more