Articles Tagged with ''labeling''

Regulatory Watch

FDA announces draft guidance on food labeling

Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
December 17, 2018
The FDA has announced the availability of draft guidance entitled “Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed, Serving-Size Related Issues, Dual Column Labeling and Miscellaneous Topics.”
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New Plant Products
New Plant Products

Kwik Lok 912 laser-coding system

November 15, 2018
The Kwik Lok 912 eSolarMark fiber laser-coding system adds permanent text, dates, times, serial numbers, 2-D codes and graphics to Kwik Lok closures at rates up to 120 per min.
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Manufacturing News

New bioengineering labels are on the way

Labels will show foods are compliant with disclosure standards
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 8, 2018
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has proposed three sets of symbols to be used on labels of products compliant with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.
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Food Safety

An allergen-free warehouse

Allergen management and proper labeling are key in a company’s effort to prevent cross-contact.
Richard F. Stier
June 18, 2018
Parts of any food or beverage plant that need to have allergen management programs in place are the receiving, storage and warehousing areas.
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FDA

FDA, FTC issue warning letters to e-liquid manufacturers

Letters warn companies that packaging resembles children's juice boxes, candies and cookies
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
May 4, 2018

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued 13 warning letters to manufacturers, distributors and retailers for selling e-liquids for e-cigarette use in packaging that causes the products to resemble kid-friendly food products.


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New Plant Products

GEA TiroLabel labeling system

April 11, 2018
Operated via a separate 10-in. touch panel with an integrated printer controller, the GEA TiroLabel labeling system uses a motor-driven positioning unit with spring-loaded pins.
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EU Food waste
Food Waste

'Use by…,' 'Best before…,' confusion causes 10% of food waste in the EU

The problem of date stamps in the EU is just as much of a problem as in the US, even though there are only two date stamp choices in the EU.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 11, 2018
A recent study on date stamping shows that confusion over date marking and other food label information contributes to as much as 10 percent of the annual 88 million tonnes (97 US tons) of food waste in the European Union.
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