Abstract: A tamper-evident closure seal is imprinted on its top surface to form a pattern of adjoining matte and high-gloss areas. The bottom surface of the seal is coated with a permanent adhesive. The seal may be used to bridge a gap between two perpendicular surfaces of a carton. If unauthorized entry to the carton is gained by cutting the seal along the gap, that entry can be detected even if the carton is resealed by overlapping the closure seal in register with a transparent seal of the same size and shape. The unauthorized entry will be evident, because the pattern on the original closure seal will not be visible through the overlaid transparent seal.

Abstract: A nonreversible freeze-thaw indicator which will detect whether an article has been subjected to freezing or thawing conditions comprising an encapsulated translucent to opaque colloidal dispersion of organic solid particles suspended in a liquid medium, said colloidal dispersion having the property of becoming nonreversibly destablized upon freezing which thereafter provides a telltale visual sign if said dispersion rises through its freeze-thaw temperature. After the colloidal dispersion has once been frozen to trigger its irreversible destabilization and is again thawed, it coagulates to form a non-flowing waxy gel, flocculates and precipitates leaving a clear liquid and a coagulated solids layer or partially flocculates to transform a translucent dispersion to a substantially opaque dispersion.