Jetrion partners with SIRA for safety-alert labels

Jetrion LLC, a supplier of inkjet printers, inks and custom systems, announced a partnership with SIRA Technologies Inc., a provider of food safety, pharmaceutical and environmental monitoring systems, for the development and implementation of the industry's first thermochromic inkjet inks for printing bar codes directly on labels used on temperature-critical products.
System configurations will use transinformative bar codes to monitor, globally track, interdict and report contaminated food in storage areas and market cases to prevent shipment and sale of dangerous foods, drugs and atmospheric anomalies. Under the partnership, Jetrion is formulating thermochromic inkjet inks used to print temperature-responsive UPC bar codes that change when products have been displayed or stored at unacceptable temperature levels. This technology offers a two-fold safety net for all stages of the distribution chain, as well as for consumers. It provides both a visual alert that the product’s safety has been compromised, and a barrier to proper barcode scanning if the product actually reaches the final transaction stage.