Vitsab International AB will showcase its Freshtag Time-Temperature Monitoring Labels for catering and onboard service at the IAFP 2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 26–29, 2026. At Booth 319, the team will demonstrate how Freshtag’s intuitive, color-changing labels help catering, direct shipments, and onboard service providers safeguard perishable food quality from production through to service.
Simple, visual food safety for catering and onboard service
Freshtag is a compact smart label that monitors the time–temperature relationship of perishable foods at every stage of handling, storage, and service. Activated in a green state, it transitions to yellow and then red as temperature abuse accumulates according to application-specific formulations, providing a clear visual cue when product safety may be compromised. The stoplight-style display is easy to interpret at a glance, enabling culinary staff, logistics teams, serving crews, and home delivery recipients to confirm food safety regardless of language or technical training.
Unlike electronic data loggers, which require downloading and interpreting records, Freshtag delivers immediate, on-label information and works across refrigerated, frozen, and passive storage environments with no tools, batteries, or technical setup.
Award-winning innovation with global impact
In 2023, Vitsab received the IAFP Global Food Safety Innovation Award for Freshtag, recognizing the technology’s role in advancing food safety practices worldwide. The award reflects more than two decades of research and development and long-term collaboration with regulators, academia, and industry partners to validate Freshtag formulations for diverse cold chain applications.
Today, Freshtag is widely recognized as a trusted symbol of quality and safety, with its stoplight color scheme and “temperature monitoring made simple” positioning resonating across premium and mass-market channels.
Supporting safety, compliance, and performance
Continuous time–temperature visibility from production through service helps Freshtag users reduce spoilage, protect profit, prevent unsafe products from reaching customers, and strengthen quality assurance programs. When a label remains green, staff can move product forward with confidence; when it turns red, teams know to pull the item and follow established procedures. For many customers, this has improved decision-making while reducing unnecessary discards, customer service calls, and quality-related costs.
Freshtag labels are designed to align with FDA, EU, HACCP, and ISO 9001 requirements, supporting consistent, global deployment across catering, direct shipments, and onboard service operations. Vitsab’s research-first approach enables close collaboration with regulators, academia, and industry experts, helping customers implement Freshtag with confidence in both performance and compliance.
Advancing next-generation applications
Vitsab continues to invest in new Freshtag applications focused on emerging food safety challenges. Current development includes a dairy-specific solution designed to address the unique time–temperature demands of dairy products, with additional formulations under consideration for sectors such as pharma and other high-value food segments.
Visit Vitsab at IAFP 2026
IAFP 2026 attendees are invited to visit Vitsab at Booth 319 to see Freshtag in action and discuss specific catering, onboard service applications, and any time/temperature profiles for your specific application. The Vitsab team will be available to demonstrate how Freshtag can support food safety programs, improve cold chain visibility, and help organizations reduce waste, protect brand reputation, and increase confidence in perishable products.