Ensuring Safety and Quality with Smith & McLaurin’s Metal Detectable Labels
News 19 Aug 2024
In industries where safety and quality are paramount, particularly in food production, it’s crucial to have reliable labelling solutions that prevent contamination and ensure product integrity. At Smith & McLaurin, we offer a specialised range of Metal Detectable Labels and Tags that are designed to meet these exacting standards.
The Importance of Metal Detectable Labels
Our metal detectable label stock are specifically engineered for environments where metal detection is a critical part of the quality control process. This label stock contain a metal foil centre, which allows them to be easily detected by end-of-line metal detectors. This feature is particularly valuable in food production settings, where it’s essential to prevent fragments of labelling from entering the food chain. By using our metal detectable label stock, manufacturers can significantly reduce the risk of contamination, ensuring that only safe, quality products reach consumers.
Additionally, these labels play a crucial role in batch traceability, enabling producers to track and trace specific batches throughout the production process. In the event of a product recall, this traceability ensures that manufacturers can quickly identify and isolate affected batches, minimising the impact on both the business and consumers.
In addition to their metal detection capabilities, our label stock is also ideal for applications where a barrier is needed to prevent destructive oils or sediments from leaching through the adhesive and face material, which can affect print quality. This makes them particularly suitable for use in harsh environments, such as oily or rough surfaces, where standard labels might fail.
Popular Applications of Metal Detectable Labels
Smith & McLaurin’s metal detectable labels are versatile and can be used in a variety of applications across different industries, including:
Meat Tagging/Labelling: Ensuring that labels used in meat production are easily detectable and do not contaminate the product.
Fruit Labelling: Ideal for oily or rough surfaces where traditional labels might not adhere properly or where the print quality could be compromised.
Food Production Labels: Essential in preventing label fragments from entering the food chain, thus ensuring product safety and compliance with regulatory standards.
Tyre Labelling: Durable and reliable even on rough, uneven surfaces where standard labels may not perform well.
To further enhance the performance and versatility of our metal detectable labels, we offer additional service options, including strip coating and multilayer constructions. These options allow us to tailor our labels to meet the specific needs of your application, ensuring maximum effectiveness and durability.
Enhancing Security with the AdaptSecure Range
In addition to our metal detectable label stock, Smith & McLaurin also offers the AdaptSecure Range, which is designed to provide enhanced security for your products. This range includes a variety of paper and filmic face materials that have been developed for security-type applications, offering an extra layer of protection against tampering and counterfeiting.
The AdaptSecure range includes low OBA paper face materials that are ideal for printing security features such as nano text and holograms using current print technologies. For applications requiring tamper evidence, our filmic range includes a matt coated destructible face material that provides a unique destructible layer, ensuring that any attempt to tamper with the label is immediately noticeable.
Furthermore, the AdaptSecure range offers a wide selection of water-based and hotmelt adhesives that can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of your application, whether you’re labelling cellophane, cardboard, paper, or glass. These materials are also compatible with text and barcode symbology, including 2D barcode printing, making them an excellent choice for a wide range of security applications.
Get in Touch for More Information
We are committed to providing our customers with the highest quality label stock solutions that meet the demands of even the most challenging environments. Whether you need metal detectable labels to ensure safety and compliance in food production or security-focused labels to protect your brand, our team is here to help.
For further information, datasheets, and samples, please get in touch with us today.