Laser labels are the new face of fruit in some European countries, and the high-tech labeling could be coming to more U.S. markets too. The technology uses a carbon dioxide laser to etch a brand name ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of the last bastions of nonbranded food, fresh produce, may soon bear logos, wordmarks and other graphics. Smithsonian’s Smart News blog highlights a ...

The key technology of TOOTECH's printer is that it prints the label on the middle layer by shooting lasers on the label directly. Unlike other label printers, It is an eco-friendly laser label printer ...

You'd think there would be a better way to label and identify fruit than those ubiquitous little stickers, but so far, that age-old solution has been a bit...well, sticky. Scientists at the ...

Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually be replaced by laser "tattoo" technology. Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually ...

News: fruit may no longer come with sticky labels thanks to an EU ruling approving the use of chemicals applied with a laser to brand fresh produce. The European Union has approved the use of iron ...

Sticky fruit labels may soon be things of the past thanks to a new EU ruling that allows grocers and retailers to make laser marks on the skin of citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates. Laser branding, ...

Laser "tattoos" could remove the need for sticky labels during the sale of fruit, developers say. The technology removes pigment from the fruit's surface to show information such as the item's sell-by ...