On the 13th December 2014, the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU FIC) will come into force bringing with them a wave of food labelling changes.
The food labelling changes are listed below:
Mandatory nutrition information on processed foods must adhere to new regulations
Mandatory origin labelling of unprocessed meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry. (Beef, fish, honey, olive oil, fresh fruit and vegetables already require this)
Highlighting allergens e.g. peanuts or milk in the list of ingredients and not separately
Better legibility – minimum size of text, the height of the lowercase letter ‘x’ in the chosen font must not be less than 1.2mm on the labelling
Requirements on information on allergens also cover non pre-packed foods including those sold in restaurants and cafés.
The nutritional information requirement will only apply from 13th December 2016. However, manufacturers who already provide nutrition information must comply with the new rules by 13th December 2014.
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Food Labelling Changes to Allergen Listings
It is required that all allergen information is emphasised on the labelling. Any of the 14 allergens outlined in the regulations need to be emphasised on the labelling if they are present in the food. The allergens need to be clearly distinguished from the rest of the list of the ingredients.
The allergens need to be specifically emphasised to consumers by methods such as bold, italics, highlighting or underlining. This is needed to ensure no consumers are unsure about the ingredients of the product and the allergen information. Also, you can no longer state that you don’t know if an allergen is present and you can no longer state that all foods “could” contain allergens. Therefore, new labelling outlining the ingredients is required.
The size of a letter ‘x’ needs to be greater than 1.2mm on the labelling. The fonts below need to be a minimum of those sizes to meet the demands.
Therefore, you will need new labels for all your food products. Here at Positive ID Labels we can supply labels to fit the new regulations from December 2014 onwards. These regulations must be met otherwise it can lead to prosecution. Therefore, buying new labels is a MUST!
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Last year Freezeland Ltd, a London based retailer of frozen products, contacted us regarding their labelling. Here at Positive ID we are proud to announce that we completely revamped their labelling process. We now supply them with 70,000 labels a year for them to use on their desktop printer system.
Freezeland Ltd
The result is a clearly read label giving all the details necessary. Jackie Harris, Technical Manager at Plants Plus explained that Positive ID Labels labelling solution has speeded up the labelling operation by more than 50%, with a significant cost saving. “It’s ideal for our business,” she said.
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Orexis Fresh Foods Ltd is a family run Food Manufacturing Company specializing in ethnic dips, Mexican dips, luxury salads and sandwich fillings. Orexis Ltd approached Positive ID for a simple cost effective way to apply a “Best Before” and “Batch Number” to a range of their products.
The answer was to use a two line-labelling gun. George Katsaros from Orexis said “we have been using Positive ID for 3 years now and they initially advised us correctly about the right products to use and have been well pleased and served by them since”.
Orexis Fresh Foods
Samantha Gore from Samsi was particularly pleased that we met all the deadlines and she described the experience as ‘fun’ and stated that all staff from Positive ID were very friendly and happy to help. Also, she thanked us for our patience with all the refinements she desired.We are proud to hold great relationships with all of our customers and look forward to many other stories like this in the near future.
Samsi
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