Food safety Handle Cuffs seals from InnoPak seal the bag so the packaging inside doesn't have to be tamper-evident. packaging BY ANDY NELSON Convenience + DEMAND FOR TAMPER-EVIDENT PACKAGING in grocery fresh perimeter departments was on the rise even before the pandemic. Now it's in the stratosphere - due in large part to the explosion in food delivery - and packaging manufacturers and their retail partners are meeting the demand with new products and solutions. Pre-COVID, demand could be chalked up to increases in the delivery and grab-and-go sectors, said Natha Dempsey, president of the Falls Church, Va.-based Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). With the rise of concepts like third-party delivery, where food is delivered by someone other than a restaurant operation, extra assurance in the quality and safety of food became a more present thought. Then came COVID. How food was packaged became even more important - not only for performance (i.e. keeping hot foods hot and 58 - JULY 2021 supermarketperimeter.com tamper-evident is a powerful combination for grab-and-go applications. TAMPER-EVIDENT INNO-PAK, FPIhttp://www.supermarketperimeter.com