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When it comes to chemical safety, there’s no room for ambiguity. Which is why you need to be able to use and identify GHS Symbols accurately.

To protect people handling dangerous chemicals shipped around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations teamed up to create a universal labeling system. The result is the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This standard for hazard labels is designed to allow small changes for local use while still being easy to read worldwide.

OSHA integrated GHS into HAZCOM regulations in 2016. Currently, GHS is in use in over 80 countries.

GHS labels are designed to be easy to read through the life of the product, requiring standard formatting on durable labels that are placed in a way that reduces the chance of damage during storage and use.

Since it would be impossible to cover every language in complying countries, GHS labels feature large pictograms that tell handlers potential hazards at a glance.

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One of the biggest trends over the past few years in product packaging is the use of texture.

The most popular way to add texture to labels is to change the actual shape of the printed materials. Usually, this is done with embossing or debossing.  Both printing methods make an impression on the paper stock, but there are a few differences.

If you’re making the choice between embossed vs debossed labels, you need to consider the printing process for both and know what kind of paper stock you need.

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If you want to reduce the environmental impact of your products, you need to consider every part of them, including the labels. Eco friendly labels aren’t just recyclable stickers. To reduce your products’ impact on the environment, you need to account for several factors:

– Is the label made with sustainable materials?

– Does it interfere with container recycling?

– Does the choice of materials reduce the total energy and resources used during manufacturing?

– Does it reduce the pollutants released into the environment?

– Does it take into account real world recycling access and consumer habits?

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Since 1950, the National Coffee Association has periodically released trend reports covering how Americans enjoy their coffee.

Last year, they found the growth of single cup brewers leveled off, while drip brewing remains the most popular method for making homemade coffee. Americans are still more likely to brew coffee at home than they were before the pandemic, and they’re increasingly consuming flavored coffees. For coffee businesses, this means it’s a great time to start selling bagged ground and whole coffee beans.

Applying label materials on flexible coffee packaging can be challenging. Small companies also need to manage printing costs of custom design coffee bag labels along with quick turnaround times. Slowing down production time means slowing down profits.

So how do you get labels on a bag of coffee? And more importantly – how do you make sure your product labels stick? With the right label materials and systems – and the right information, of course – it is possible. Easy, even!

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One of the most important aspects of quality printing is the label paper, also called face stock. Label paper creates the structure that holds on to the permanent adhesives, print and coatings. While we call it “paper,” it’s actually made of a range of natural and synthetic materials.

So, given the wide range of label papers available, how do you know which one is right for you? The short answer is that it varies based on the type of label printer you’re using.

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Whether you are looking for packaging labels, return address labels, product labels, etc., clear labels are a great alternative to opaque labels, because they offer new ways to display your products.

Clear product labels highlight what’s inside clear containers, and they can use the color of opaque containers as part of their design. Only the print is visible on these stickers, letting you get the look of a die-cut sticker or a printed container without the high cost. These features have made simplified prints with clear labels a major design trend.

However, using these labels also comes with unique issues. Making print visible and easy to read is difficult, while these crystal clear labels put package imperfections front and center. These best practices will help you solve design and application issues before you place your first transparent label order.

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When Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) launched in 2006, it revolutionized small business logistics. Instead of coordinating shipping, inventory management, warehousing, refunds and returns independently, Amazon sellers can hand over these responsibilities to Amazon FBA for a flat fee. Thanks to the company’s extensive network of Amazon fulfillment centers, it’s possible to get items to customers faster with less overhead than most alternatives.

However, it doesn’t always make sense to let Amazon do all the work. While they’ll print and apply your product’s shipping labels that comply with their internal tracking system as part of their label service, it’s usually cheaper to add them during packaging.

So, what are Amazon’s FBA Labeling requirements? Let’s go over all the information you need to make sure your product packaging is ready for Amazon shipping.

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