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Canadian food labeling changes

Canada has made changes to its food labels over the course of a five-year transition period. “Due to the challenges imposed by COVID-19, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) focused its efforts on education and compliance promotion for the first year,” which ended December 14, 2022. CFIA will now verify and enforce compliance amongst companies. […]


How the FDA handles drug shortages

  We have heard a lot through the news lately of drug shortages, mostly over-the-counter cold and flu medications, but what is the process when prescription drugs are in short supply?  The FDA works closely with the pharmaceutical industry and stakeholders to “prevent drug shortages and lessen the impact on patients anytime there is a […]


All-in-one labeling solution

“Spectrum is the only all-in-one labeling solution to be delivered completely via a browser-based interface.” The ability to scale your operations across all your locations seamlessly is invaluable. How do you know if your company may benefit from implementing Spectrum as your labeling solution? Some of the benefits of Spectrum are: Designed for large, global […]


Powerful labeling tools for complex labels

As if compliance and regulatory requirements weren’t complicated enough when addressing labeling solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, add counterfeiting, tampering, and 21 CFR Part 11 to the mix. Now you have an intricate process that requires you to have a reliable, trustworthy solution that you can depend on to produce the correct output. BarTender provides […]


Lack of digital security expertise leaves you vulnerable

We’ve talked a lot about moving labeling operations moving to the Cloud to gain efficiency and accuracy, but also increased security. This same security is becoming less reliable due to a lack of digital security expertise.  “According to a recent survey performed by Rackspace- a provider of multi-cloud services and security, two of the top […]


BarTender- Delivering label printing applications

The volatility of the supply chain has required companies to be nimble and to do this, the technologies they have in place need to allow for an immediate response to changing conditions.  For many, the solution is an investment in technologies that can meet a variety of needs, “resulting in an assortment of user experiences […]


BarTender® announces Service Release 2

BarTender has released BarTender 2022 R2, adding features and providing fixes identified in the first release. BarTender offers a secure and reliable platform that enables organizations to print anywhere, anytime, and on any operating system with secure internet printing.  Label quantity can also be controlled with exclusive graphical label design and approval workflows. The 2.0 […]


New device to analyze health data

The benefits of an Apple® Watch without the watch? “Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have developed a flexible, stretchable computing chip that processes information by mimicking the human brain.” This technology is centered around the popular trend of wearable technology and ever-growing artificial intelligence.  The hope is that this […]


Chemical-free thermal paper for labeling

“Consumers are already familiar with blue thermal paper from retailers. In many supermarkets, the new eco-receipts are increasingly replacing the previous white versions to use sustainable paper.” There is a new material that a German company, VPF, has developed and it is free of chemical developers so it is approved to be put directly on […]


In the Cloud or On-Premise

Small to medium-sized businesses set out to find a labeling solution that meets all their needs. They can find themselves overwhelmed by the options and questions they need to answer.  Loftware’s NiceLabel helps take the worry out of one of those questions—whether to go in the Cloud or On-Premise. Whichever solution is chosen, you can’t […]