Baking & Snack - December 2014 - 86

BAGGERS AND CLOSURES

foil, dates and codes
can be transferred
to the flat surface of
the clip, located on
the ponytail end of
the package, where
consumers know to
look for the information. Bakers can even have Quick
Response (QR) codes printed onto
the clips.
"The information is located at the
same place on every package in an
easy-to-read format," Mr. Miller
said. "Printing on the bag can
present a problem for the consumer as print information is
sometimes displayed on the flat
end of the package, the side of
the package or on the top side."
One positive to printing on the
bag, however, could be that it ensures the information
Clips are one of two preferred closing methods says with the product.
in North America.
"What's trending now is printing on the bag so that
Kwik Lok
coding, whether it's a date code or whatever, stays
with the package all the way through until the consumer is done with it," Mr. Lindsey said.

Keeping it clean
Closing a bag is a relatively clean process. Getting the
product into the bag, however, can cause more of a

A growing interest in tamper-evident tech
While twist ties and clips still hold preference
in the minds and hearts of bakers, there is
growing interest in tamper-evident features.
Ties and clips don't offer an ideal way to
monitor whether a product has been opened
and reclosed before purchase.
Burford offers a tamper-evident closure
that provides a complete seal with a consistently flat bag tail, but Mitch Lindsey, Burford
Corp., said it isn't a widespread need yet.
"There is growing interest in the States,
"
he said. "The difference, of course, is in
the methods of opening and closing. The
consumer preference is still the twist tie,
but availability of tamper-evident closures
is certainly growing and something they're
looking at more. Consumers want to see if a
package has been messed with or if anything
has been taken out of the bag.
"
The difficult part of providing complete
proof of tampering with bags comes with the
material itself.
"Tamper evidence and tamper proof issues are difficult to control as any bagged
product cannot protect against injection
or insertion of a foreign material through
the film directly into the product, said Hal
"
Miller, Kwik Lok.

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