Provided is a non-stick coating including at least one functional decorative layer, including a pigment composition having a reversible variation of optical and/or colorimetric properties when the coating is subjected to a temperature variation between a cold temperature of 0 C. to 40 C. and a hot temperature of 80 C. to 400 C. The pigment composition includes at least one compound of formula Y.sub.(3-x)M.sub.xFe.sub.(5-y)Q.sub.yO.sub.12 in the form of particles, in which M is selected from the lanthanides, alkaline metals, alkaline-earth metals and metalloids with a degree of oxidation (DO) +3; Q is selected from the group made up of the lanthanides, non-metals with degree of oxidation +4, metals with DO +3 or +4, transition metals with DO +2 or +4, alkaline-earth metals and alkaline metals; and wherein x is between 0 and 0.3 and y is between 0 and 3.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one first colorable area, the first barcode being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, at least a second barcode including at least one second colorable area, the second barcode not being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator and a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one first colorable area, the first barcode being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, at least a second barcode including at least one second colorable area, the second barcode not being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator and a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable.

A barcoded indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, the barcoded indicator including at least a first barcode and at least a second barcode, the at least a second barcode being in a second barcode unreadable state prior to exceedance of the at least one threshold and upon exceedance of the at least one threshold the at least a first barcode becoming unreadable and generally simultaneously the at least a second barcode becoming readable.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one first colorable area, the first barcode being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, at least a second barcode including at least one second colorable area, the second barcode not being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator and a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable.

A cooking utensil having a thermochromic layer including a thermochromic pigment for a temperature sensor, includes: a metal substrate; a primer layer including a fluorine-based resin formed on at least a part of a surface of the metal substrate; a thermochromic layer including a thermochromic pigment formed on at least a part of a surface of the primer layer; and a top coating layer including a curing agent formed on surfaces of the primer layer and the thermochromic layer. The thermochromic pigment is a thermochromic pigment for a temperature sensor using bismuth vanadate.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one first colorable area, the first barcode being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, at least a second barcode including at least one second colorable area, the second barcode not being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator and a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one first colorable area, the first barcode being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, at least a second barcode including at least one second colorable area, the second barcode not being machine-readable before exceedance of the at least one time and temperature threshold, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator and a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable.

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of bar coded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, a barcode indicator reader operative to read the barcoded quality indicators and to provide output indications, the barcoded quality indicators being readable by the barcode indicator reader at all times after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of the at least one threshold by the at least one product quality affecting parameter, and a product type responsive indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product quality status outputs.

A system and method for measuring a temperature of phosphorescent material, which may be applied to a surface of a material whose temperature needs to be measured or integrated within a material enabling the measurement of the temperature within the material. A first light emitting diode element of a multiple element light emitting diode is configured to output a first wavelength to excite the phosphorescent material. A second light emitting diode element of the multiple element light emitting diode is configured to detect an emission from the excited phosphorescent material at a second wavelength, where the first wavelength is at a different wavelength than the second wavelength. The first wavelength may correspond to a peak absorption intensity of the phosphorescent material and the second wavelength may correspond to a peak emission intensity of the phosphorescent material.