09/27/07 Shipping label, part two

Pak Sense is a Boise company that has developed a high tech shipping label that can be attached to a food product that is temperature sensitive. Pak Sense marketing director Amy Childress says the label is attached to a food product, records the temperatures all the way through the food chain and does it much cheaper than current methods. CHILDRESS "Our label starts out at eleven and then goes down based on volume so we automatically already have already taken half the price out of what it costs to do this." Produce, fresh meat, dairy, seafood, all can be monitored by this system and if the temperature goes above or below its pre-programmed levels a yellow warning light flashes on the label. Already companies like John Morrell and Florida Natural use Pak Sense shipping labels and so does Albertson's LLC. CHILDRESS "They require their suppliers to put our labels on their loads before they ship them to their distribution centers." Many companies also keep the label with its information, attach it to the shipping documents where it can be used as reference in the event of a food safety issue. Childress says once the wine industry discovers the label that may open a new market for Pak Sense which has concentrated on the food industry initially. Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott