According to a survey taken by ABC Radio and released on March 28, 2018, only about 27 percent of Americans get behind a stove every day to cook a meal. And while many do go out to restaurants, most are having restaurants, grocery stores, and other types of food outlets deliver food to them.

Convenient? Yes. Fast and friendly? Most of the time. Nice and tasty? Most people order from food outlets they already like.

But there is a problem.

Studies have found that some of these delivery people help themselves to your food delivery before they knock on your door.

For instance, CNN showed a video, captured by an elevator security camera, of a delivery man eating the toppings of a pizza he was just about to deliver. Altogether, he helped himself to eight toppings, using the same fingers he just had in his mouth.

Worse, in the same CNN video, a snow cone delivery man was captured leaving a customer’s snow cone on a bathroom floor while he was using the restroom. This time, the image was captured by another man in the restroom.

Both delivery people are now looking for another job, but how many more delivery people are doing the same thing?

We don’t know, but it is likely these were not the only two. And if more and more people are having their food delivered, the chances that your delivery person might be snacking on your food delivery (or worse) has just increased.

This is why DayMark Safety Systems is introducing an entirely new labeling system called TamperSeal, a tamper-evident seal for use in the food delivery service industry.

“Evident is the key word here,” says Kevin Jackson, Category Manager of Food Safety for DayMark. “With this system, if the seal is broken, it is a clear indication that the food may have been tampered with.”

Jackson adds that DayMark decided to introduce this new product because of the trend, as reported in our ABC survey discussed earlier, of people turning to restaurants, grocery stores and other food outlets to deliver meals.

“There is an increased focus on keeping food safe and healthy for the consumer today,” says Jackson, “and DayMark is playing a leading role in making this happen.”

Here’s how TamperSeal works: the labels adhere to most any packaging material – paper, plastic, even foil – and while they remain safe and secure on the food delivery package, they can be easily opened by the customer.

Each label has security slits that cause the label to lose their integrity if someone attempts to open the container.

“DayMark Safety Systems has always focused on food safety,” says Jackson. “It's even in our name. TamperSeal is just one more way we are making this happen.”