Vitsab Showcases Freshtag Time-Temperature Monitoring Labels

Vitsab's innovative Freshtag labels help ensure seafood safety and quality at every supply chain stage.

Apr. 13, 2026 at 4:54pm

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A photorealistic studio still-life photograph featuring a Freshtag time-temperature monitoring label on a smooth, reflective surface. The label's color progression from green to yellow to red symbolizes the intuitive way Freshtag tracks seafood quality and safety.Vitsab's Freshtag label provides a clear, visual indicator of seafood freshness and safety, empowering businesses to deliver trusted, high-quality products.Boston Today

Vitsab International AB, a global leader in food safety innovation, showcased its Freshtag time-temperature monitoring labels at the Seafood Processing North America 2026 event in Boston. Freshtag is designed to track time and temperature for a variety of seafood products, providing a clear visual cue to indicate potential spoilage from temperature abuse.

Why it matters

Freshtag represents a cost-effective, easy-to-integrate solution for seafood safety and quality management systems. The intuitive color-change technology helps protect profit margins by reducing replacement orders and refunds, while also increasing customer confidence and loyalty in the safety and freshness of high-value seafood products.

The details

Freshtag's 'Stoplight Technology' uses a simple green-yellow-red visual cue to indicate if temperature abuse has occurred during handling, storage, or transport. The labels are FDA, EU, HACCP, and ISO9001 compliant, and can be easily integrated into seafood processing facilities, distribution centers, retail packaging, and direct-to-consumer delivery without any special tools or technical setup.

  • Seafood Processing North America 2026 took place from March 15 to 17 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The players

Vitsab International AB

A global leader in food safety innovation, engineering and producing customizable, easy-to-use visual freshness and safety labels known as Freshtag Time Temperature Indicators (TTIs) for over two decades.

Freshtag

Vitsab's color-changing smart label engineered to monitor seafood quality and safety by tracking time and temperature at every stage of the supply chain.

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The takeaway

Vitsab's Freshtag labels provide a simple, intuitive way for seafood handlers, retailers, and consumers to quickly validate the freshness and safety of seafood products at any stage of the supply chain, helping to build trust, reduce waste, and protect profit margins.