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Colorcon On-Dose ID Anti-Counterfeiting Technology

In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided "guidance advocating greater use of physical chemical identifiers (PCIDs) in drug formulations as a cost-effective way of authenticating genuine products from fakes." Colorcon has responded...

Published 11-17-2009 4:42 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security deterrent, FDA, safety, PCIDs, In-Pharma Technologist, On-Dose tagging, PCID, tablets, Colorcon
Security--another offshoring risk

A terse but excellent article on IEEE's USA Today's Engineer site today focuses on the often forgotten--or at least ignored--risk of offshoring. National security. The full article is at: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2009/Nov/backscatter.asp...

Published 11-17-2009 4:29 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Offshoring, safety, IEEE
GS1 Announcement of the Food Recall Portal

Yes, this is an HP blog, and so you forgive me when occasionally (and inevitably) I take an HP line on an announcement, event or trend. Out of interest of serving the broader anti-counterfeiting/anti-fraud/anti-tamper/customer safety community, I point...

Published 11-04-2009 3:45 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Track and Trace, GS1, food recall, safety, product recall, produce recall, cloud platform
EFPIA Announcment, HP Hosting Services

Remember the 24 August announcement on the HP/GS1 food recall service? If not, please enjoy as if new the following article: http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/securityprinting/archive/2009/08/25/big-news-hp-develops-cloud-service-with-gs1-canada...

Published 10-26-2009 5:31 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, anti-counterfeiting, security, safety, HP, cloud computing, EFPIA, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, HP Cloud Computing, HP Manufacturing Cloud Computing Platform, SAP
EFPIA Announcements

Hi, all The next few blogs will point you to information on the recent announcement of the EFPIA 2D labelling scheme. The EFPIA is the European Federation of Pharmaceutical and Industries Association. In-Pharma's article on this announcement is: http...

Published 10-26-2009 5:12 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, Supply Chain, packaging, serialization, safety, HP, EFPIA, Siemens, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, Sweden
In Blacksburg on November 12th? Gimme a Holler!

Growing up, I lived in Eastern Kentucky "for a spell". Rural Rowan (pronounced like "round" without the "d') County, in fact, where the valley I lived in was called "Quail Hollow". As in, a snake bit me and I had...

Published 10-20-2009 10:40 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: anti-counterfeiting, security, safety, consumer safety, Virginia Tech, Identity, Blacksburg, ICTAS
Rude Food? A Bright Future is Ghana Make a Difference

If recent salmonella, e Coli, melamine and other food scares have you second-guessing your food chain, imagine what it may be like in some rural areas, where connectivity and information technology knowledge may be more limited. A recent announcement...

Published 09-09-2009 6:56 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: anti-counterfeiting, security, Track and Trace, security deterrent, food recall, food safety, safety, MPedigree, Bright Simons, NAFDAC, Tech Awards
NAFDAC branching out to India

Nigeria is working with Interpol and planning to set up 3 offices in India to fight counterfeiting, and specifically allegedly China-produced fakes labelled “Made in India”. The full article is posted at: http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com...

Published 08-06-2009 4:16 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, GS1, ISO, safety, MPedigree, counterfeit, Bright Simons, IMANI, Nigeria, India, NAFDAC
Eye in the Sky? Try Crowd in the Cloud...

Brits have been worried about the "eye in the sky"--the nearly ubiquitous camera system that monitors London. (Maybe they should be more worried about the insect-like drone of the same nickname: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580986...

Published 04-16-2009 6:19 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Provenance, safety, privacy, camera, Vehicle, Communication Box, UK
Price too good to be true? Then indeed it is...

I have spent the last two days at the Brand Protection conference here at the Graphics of the Americas ( http://www.graphicsoftheamericas.com/conferences/bpc.html ). With the world's economy in a tailspin, there have been numerous discussions of how...

Published 02-28-2009 3:28 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, EBay, theft, fraud, safety, counterfeit, Graphics of the Americas, Craigslist, Brand Protection Graphics of the Americas, Yahoo, retail
Stocking Stuffers II: Security Printing Acronyms and Getting Started

[Another whitepaper length summary of some related articles from this year's blog] PRACTICE Good Anti-Counterfeiting Techniques I have previously remarked that the approaches to counter counterfeiting depend on the relative mix of addressable and...

Published 12-30-2008 4:56 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: Counterfeiting, variable data printing, security printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, brand name, VDP, security VDP, printing, security deterrent, anagram, Security Variable Data Printing, safety
World Economic Forum Selects Four Track and Trace/Anti-Counterfeiting Companies

Recently, the World Economic Forum has selected 34 companies for special notice as "Technology Pioneers". Please see http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Technology%20Pioneers/index.htm The selections are based on the following criteria: "The...

Published 12-23-2008 3:35 PM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security printing, security, brand protection, Track and Trace, authentication, safety, ATT, World Economic Forum, product safety, supply chain visibility, Mojix, TraceTracker, global exchange, consumer empowerment, Technology Pioneer, MPedigree, product recall, product freshness
No Re-Packaging Ban in EU

Under pressure from repackagers, who have convinced the EU in this time of economic meltdown that banning repackaging would be a misstep, the EU has changed its decision. http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/12/05/afx5786503.html "EU...

Published 12-13-2008 1:26 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Track and Trace, Pharma, pharmaceutical commerce, EU, safety, DTC, repackaging, EU repackaging
Irish Pork Recall another Track and Trace Debacle

The latest food recall is a potential disaster for one of Ireland's biggest industries. On the second week of the Advent season (right when shopping for Christmas ham is hitting its stride), consumers have been asked to destroy all Irish pork products...

Published 12-08-2008 4:06 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Recall, Track and Trace, safety, Irish pork recall, produce traceability, Ireland, pork recall, dioxin, dioxin contamination
Do You Recall This Much Recall?

We are rolling into the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the States, which traditionally coincides with a modicum of gluttony. Historically, the time right after harvest was the time of festivals--might as well eat the food and let it ferment inside you rather...

Published 11-26-2008 5:04 AM by StevenSimske

Filed under: security, Recall, Track and Trace, FDA, food recall, Thanksgiving, food safety, petcare, safety

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