Imaje's Jaime 54 Plus Ink Jet Coders for Konhe[beta].

Scotland's first organic dairy are using Imaje ink-jet coding technology to illustrate a major consumer benefit in their distribution and quality.

Konhe[beta] Farm Creamery have spent 3 years 'cleansing' the pastures to qualify for organic accreditation and have now launched organic semi-skimmed Jersey milk under the Konhe brand name.

Konhe[beta] have refined the pasteurising and distribution process so that time from milking to purchase is down to 15 hours, compared to up to 4 days with some milk distribution chains. To make consumers aware of the freshness of the Konhe[beta] milk, the packaging is coded with both the time and date of milking and the best before date. Packs from a 3 am milking are often on the shelves by the end of the same day.

Imaje, tel:[phone], have supplied a Jaime S4 Plus ink jet printer, linked to a Pasturepak machine filling 1 litre Variopak cartons. Alcohol-based inks have replaced MEK solvent-based inks in the print-head to complement the environmentally responsible culture of the dairy.

The carton design includes a 1595 map of Dumfries and Galloway as the background, using that era's spelling of the farm KonheB as the brand name. Using a similar design in blue, non organic Ayrshire milk from neighbouring Dumfriesshire farms is also being packed and distributed by Konhe[beta], again with dates of milking printed by Imaje S4 plus unit.