Undercooking and leaving out food for too long at an unsafe temperature were the sources of 21 percent of the outbreaks of foodborne diseases in private homes from 2009-2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But that may soon change. Chromatic Technologies announced the development of patent-pending “reveal inks” that provide return-to-fridge reminders for vulnerable products such as milk, yogurt and salsa. CTI’s reveal inks are activated by a combination of thermochromic inks.