4 Benefits Of Tamper Evident Packaging
A World Demanding Tamper Evident Sealing
2020 produced a world of convenience with many companies offering third-party deliveries and wait-in-the-car takeout systems.
Our products have always been heavily handled between manufacturing and consumption, but nothing like 2020. Because of all this extra back-and-forth, it is all the more important to ensure that products are reaching consumers in a safe and untampered fashion, especially with COVID-19.
Companies can go to great lengths during the manufacturing process to ensure that their product is clean, safe, and represents the brand name well, but what about the moment the product is sent into the world to either be delivered or to sit on a shelf? How can companies guarantee that their products stay pristine?
This is exactly why a huge number of companies are now using tamper evident sealing. In fact, we want to give you 4 of the most important reasons why companies have started using tamper evident sealing, and why it might be time for you to consider it as well.
#1 Avoid Product Tampering During Delivery Process or Shelf Life
Unfortunately, we live in a world of wanna-be-famous social media personalities. Some people are willing to do just about anything to win a fraction of fame. One new and disgusting trend involves tampering with different products in grocery stores and placing them back on the shelves, unbeknownst to the next unfortunate victim who will buy and use it.
One young man filmed himself in a local grocery store, spitting directly into an Arizona tea bottle, sealing the bottle back up, and placing it onto the shelf with the rest of the bottles.
A woman in Texas filmed herself standing in the frozen food section, licking an open ice cream carton from top to bottom, then placing the lid back on the carton and putting it right back into the group of other ice creams.
Their videos and others like them have gone viral on the internet, motivating countless others to jump on the trend.
While most of these stories are just pranksters trying to get a few extra notices on their YouTube or Tik Tok channels, product tampering can be fatal.
One example with devastating consequences is the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders in which 7 people died as a result of potassium cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. Copycat crimes were later reported, resulting in several more deaths of the same manner. The tragic incident led to many reforms for packaging, specifically in the arena of over-the-counter medications.
Because of these product tampering cases, some industries require greater product protection in the form of tamper evident sealing, but even in industries where seals are not required, they have benefits.
At the end of the day, the only way you can have confidence that your product remains untampered with during delivery and shelf life is to include a tamper evident seal in your product packaging.
#2 Keep Germs Out
Not all product contamination occurs on purpose.
According to the National Institutes of Health, the new COVID-19 virus can live on surfaces from anywhere to 3 hours to 3 days. This means that any germs being collected on or in a product during production, delivery, and shelf life, could remain long enough to reach the end consumer.
With shrink sleeves, these problems cease to exist.
Firstly, with tamper evident sealing around your product’s cap, you can ensure consumers that no germs are getting inside. It’s not possible! Sealed air tight, a product would have to have its plastic broken or missing for any germs to get inside -- in which case a consumer could quickly recognize that this product is no longer safe for consumption.
Secondly, shrink sleeve labels can be easily removed upon purchase. This allows all the germs that have been collected on a product’s surface to be removed and discarded, leaving your consumer and their family safe.
#3 Preventing Unwanted Spilling
Shrink sleeves do a lot to keep consumers safe, but they also help with keeping consumers happy.
Every one of us can relate to a time when we got home from the store and found out our product wasn’t closed all the way and leaked everywhere in our car. Whether or not it was our fault or the product’s, it leaves a negative impression in our minds.
Tamper evident sealing works to prevent spilling and leaking by sealing the cap to the rest of the product. We know of course that tamper evident sealing keeps the outside world out, but it also works to keep the product’s contents in.
Tamper evident shrink sleeves kill two birds with one stone.
#4 Foster Customer Loyalty
Thousands of brands, colors, logos, and names scream out to consumers as they walk up and down the store's aisles or as they search through the web. It makes it hard for consumers to choose because honestly, they are all selling just about the same thing. Whether you’re in the protein powder, hand soap, salad dressing, or hot sauce business, when it comes down to it, your product might not be all that different from your competitor’s.
What will differentiate your product from the thousands of others? How about your company's commitment to the health and satisfaction of its consumers? In a world of COVID-19, reckless pranksters, and demand for convenience, these are commitments that consumers are guaranteed to respect and cherish.
No consumer is going to gamble with a product's purity, putting their lives or their families’ lives on the line, when they can buy products that are proven safe from a company they trust.
Likewise, no consumer wants to deal with messy cleanups. They want a product that is going to serve them in every possible way, not make their lives more difficult or busy.
By using tamper evident sealing, you will show your commitment to your consumers’ health and well-being and as a result, consumers will show you their loyalty to your product.
Tamper evident sealing using shrink sleeves
There are a few options for companies who want to start utilizing tamper evident sealing on their products with shrink sleeves.
Neck bands
wrap around just the top of a product, holding the cap to the rest of the body. Neck bands can be either clear or colored. This ensures that no one has contaminated the product, and also that none of the contents spill.
Full body shrink sleeves with neck band
act as a two-for-one deal, since the tamper evident seal is included in the full body label. This saves companies lots of time and money since they no longer need to purchase or apply two separate components to their product. Plus, the full body sleeve with the neck band is undeniably unique and eye-catching.
Shrink sleeve overwraps
accomplish a couple different things. First, the obvious is that it offers tamper evident sealing for any product. But overwraps also allow for companies to design promo campaigns. With high demand for deals like BOGO or six packs, overwraps are a great option for companies who want to win consumer dollars and also ensure the safety of their product.
Adding Tamper Evident Sealing to Your Product Today
We would love to discuss in greater depth, all the details of tamper evident sealing and what it would mean for your product.
Step 1. Schedule a complimentary packaging consultation with one of our packaging experts. We will walk you through the different solutions available and help you determine which would be best suited to your products.
Step 2. We’ll send you complimentary samples to test.
Step 3. We’ll provide you with a quote.
Simply fill out our contact form, email us at info@tangopackaging.com, or call (844) 33-TANGO [82646].