Origin of the Label

Labels have existed since the beginning of human
history. These have been adapting to the different
times and utilities as well as the materials of
each moment. In ancient times you can find elements
of Phoenician and Roman culture that corroborate
that there was a food market. This was the first
function that the labels had since they began to be
used to transport food from one end of the
Mediterranean to the other.
The Phoenicians were especially interested in the
metals that they exchanged for cereals, oils or
wine that they brought from the indigenous
communities. However, the Greeks wanted to exchange
other types of products such as cloth, pottery or
jewelry for food that they could not grow on their
land.
All this commercial movement was organized through
emporia or colonies formed to receive those
products and distribute them. The volume of these
exchanges was increasing to the point that the
Greeks created a magistrature to be able to manage
it correctly. So there would be a responsible to
control the types, quality and quantity of the
products that were imported into the amphoras, the
Romans forced the producers to record the date and