Contact Support

Safety standards: key component to compliance

In mid- January, a juice production company came under fire by the FDA due to contaminated product.  During the inspection, the FDA found that they had “failed to adhere to relevant food safety standards”. Some of the distribution of this juice included school lunch programs. When looking at the importance of compliance, labeling plays a […]


How Brexit affects food labeling

While the event of the UK officially withdrawing from the European Union occurred in 2020, the impact and required changes are ongoing. The name and address on the labels of prepacked foods is one of the most significantly impacted short-term changes. As we continue to work in a global economy, changes happening across the ocean […]


The history of barcoding

For more than 45 years, GS1 Standards have been used, beginning with the adoption of the universal product code (UPC barcode) in 1973.  GS1 US®’s mission is to help organizations of all sizes “uniquely and consistently identify products, assets, shipments, and physical locations throughout the global supply chain.” Per GS1 US, the beep of the […]


FDA issues final guidance on alternate name for Potassium Chloride in food labeling

The purpose of the guidance is to allow food manufacturers to use the name “potassium salt” on food labels as alternative to the common name, “potassium chloride”. This salt alternative is formulated to reduce sodium content. This alternate name also makes it more clear the consumer as to what this item is. This guidance supports […]


NiceLabel – Your Labeling Compliance Solution

NiceLabel’s Label Cloud Compliance can help any size business with labeling compliance needs.  Check it out! Need implementation assistance? We are your go-to experts for implementation and training. Contact us at sales@pragmatyxs.com


Pragmatyxs Expands Partnership with NiceLabel

  The Pragmatyxs team has deep experience in the barcode systems and product labeling. In our over 25 years in the business we have consistently maintained an emphasis on enterprise-level requirements and systems integration.  Because of this focus we are excited to be expanding our partnership with NiceLabel. NiceLabel’s next generation labeling software is specifically […]


EU Falsified Medicines Directive: Barcodes

The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), which has been introduced to reduce the risk of counterfeit medicines in the supply chain, comes into force on February 9th, 2019. Requiring all 150,000 community pharmacies throughout the EU to implement the FMD. From this date, all prescription medicine packs must have a unique code which will be […]


Labeling Regulations by Industry

Managing the requirements and following the guidelines when it comes to regulatory compliance labeling can be a challenge. Especially for organizations in the chemical, medical, and food & beverage industries. It’s become a higher priority for companies with adherence to strict and evolving policies that have placed additional  demands for compliance labeling. Chemicals: Global harmonized […]


Benefits of a Standardized Labeling Solution

With manufacturing plant locations and distribution facilities operating globally, companies are seeing the benefits of developing a standardized global labeling approach. Pragmatyxs has been engaged in developing solutions for global label operations for many years. We have consulted with many organizations that have multiple plant locations in migrating from their own custom legacy labeling solutions […]


MDR/IVDR

Much like the experience we have all recently gained in the United States during the deployment of UDI for Class 3 and now Class 2 devices and soon Class 1. The goals of the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In-Vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDR) are to provide for the safety and well-being of the consumers […]