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DefrostWatch - New Product La
DefrostWatch - New Product La.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 7915Q Timestrip PLC 20 April 2009 \n20 April 2009\nTIME.L\n\nTimestrip plc\n(the 'Company')\n\nDefrostWatch - New Product Launch and Order\n\nThe Company is delighted to announce the launch of DefrostWatch - a new product within the TimestripPlus range of cost-effective and simple-to-use indicators that show the amount of time a product has spent above its threshold temperature.\n\nDefrostWatch is designed not only to show whether a freezer has ever experienced a temporary malfunction or loss of power that results in its internal temperature rising above zero Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) but also how long the food was allowed to thaw before re-freezing. Frozen food that thaws for more than two hours and then re-freezes represents a significant health risk, as cautioned by government bodies such as the US public health agency FSIS (www.fsis.usda.gov).\n\nDefrostWatch consist of a specially formulated indicator housed in an attractive casing that is designed to sit conveniently in commercial or household freezers. Activated by simply squeezing a bubble on top of the indicator, a viewing window shows that the DefrostWatch is active by changing colour from white to blue. As long as the product is stored in normal freezer temperatures the colour does not progress. If the temperature rises above freezing (zero Celsius) the colour progresses across the scale, showing how long the food has been exposed to potentially unsafe storage conditions. When the freezer returns to its correct temperature the colour stops progressing allowing a quick and easy decision on whether the food is still safe to eat.\n\nThe Company is delighted to confirm that it has already received an order from Daymark Safety Systems, the US leader in personal and food safety systems, who will include DefrostWatch in their range of products that are marketed to food service companies throughout the US, and will exhibit the product at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago between 16th May and 19th May.\n\nIn addition, a significant opportunity has been identified to sell DefrostWatch to US households prone to power interruptions during 'storm season' (between June and September) as well as to owners of mobile or second homes. To this end the Company is targeting a number of US retailers who sell 'storm se...