Security Labels and Transport Bags in the Food and Beverage Industry: COVID19

Most restaurant operators and consumers alike are familiar with tamper-evident labels and seals in some form.

Everyday items such as over-the-counter drugs, food items, packaging materials, cleaning solutions and laundry products now often employ this method of security.

Whilst many manufacturers and providers of perishable products are now required to use these labels on their products. With the surge in popularity of third-party delivery, tamper-evident labels have taken on a more prominent role in the restaurant industry, especially given the rise in food retailers doing more home deliveries and takeaways during the COVID19 outbreak.

The food delivery service Just Eat reports to have added thousands of restaurants to its service in recent times, as dine-in eating was banned by UK governments and consumers looked to have food delivered to the home.

What is a Tamper Evident Security Label?

The most accurate definition of a tamper-evident label is ‘a secure seal that has one or more indicators or barriers to entry which, if breached or missing, can reasonably be expected to provide visible evidence to consumers or employees that tampering has occurred’.

Government regulation states that the tamper indicator must be “distinctive by design.” This means the tamper-evident feature is designed from material not readily available to the public and it is therefore not easily duplicated. JW Products provides security labels that are made from a polyester film with an acrylic resin adhesive − allowing easy application and a distinct signal of tampering when removed, usually in the forms of some sort of VOID message.

What benefits do Tamper Evident Security Labels & Transport bags offer for food delivery?

The main provision offered by these types of labels and bags is the safety and peace of mind it offers to the end user.
Especially when it comes to food delivered to a home or office, consumers want to make sure their food is cooked to a certain standard and that it is safe to eat.

Consumers are becoming more used to seeing delivery drivers using secure food transport bags, thanks to growth of services such as Deliveroo and UberEATS.

Above all, they want to know that the food has not been tampered with in any way from the time it left the food service kitchen to the time it arrives at their door.