Monday, January 27th, 2020
in Allergy Labels, Food Labelling, Label Guides, New Product, PID Labelling Advice, Regulations, Sandwich Labelling Positive ID Labels has developed a multisite allergen labelling system for food businesses operating multiple outlets. This system has been developed for a local bakery, keen to ensure their labelling meets the legal requirements in advance of the new law coming into effect. The pilot business for the multisite allergen labelling system has a head […]
Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
in Allergy Labels, Best Before Labels, Food Labelling, Label Guides, Regulations NOTE: Some of the information below may be inaccurate as of 01/01/2021 (post Brexit) – and is in review. Vitamin Labelling Regulations exist to protect consumers from false or unscrupulous marketing. In this day with so many false products being flouted to all and sunder, regulations are more important than ever to protect consumers. The internet […]
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
in Allergy Labels, Deli Labels, Food Labelling, Label Guides, PID Labelling Advice, Pre-Printed Labels, Regulations, Sandwich Labelling, Thermal Printing Food Labelling Rules for Small Food Business. A presentation by Positive ID Labels. Transcript (See disclaimer below) EU Food Labelling Regulations are very complicated and there are lots of them. The first question we have to ask is do we even need to label the food? If you are selling food pre-packaged or prepared for […]
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
in Deli Labels, Food Labelling, Label Guides, PID Labelling Advice, Pre-Printed Labels, Regulations, Sandwich Labelling, Thermal Printing Having full blown colour traffic light labelling on your sandwich labels is beyond the economic reach of most small sandwich producers. Here at Positive ID Labels, we have figured out a way of achieving the same result at a fraction of the cost. Call us on 01332 864895 to discuss our traffic light labelling trick! […]
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
in Label Guides, PID Labelling Advice, Regulations Alcoholic Drink Labelling is governed by a set of guidelines established by the UK government and the EU. EU regulations for your labels can be found in the EU Food Information to Consumers (aka EU FIC) or Food Information Regulations (FIR). These regulations cover all aspects of food labelling and some of those regulations overlap […]
Thursday, August 10th, 2017
in Allergy Labels, EU, Label Guides, PID Labelling Advice, Regulations, Sandwich Labelling Sandwich Labelling Regulations is a pretty tedious topic so if you want to cut straight to the chase, feel free to call us on 01332 864895 during office hours for advice and help setting up a sandwich labelling system. Alternatively, fill in the form at the bottom of this article and we will call you […]
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
in EU, Food Labelling, Label Guides, PID Labelling Advice, Regulations You may need to convert sodium to salt for a food label to meet the EU regulations. It is not lawful to convey sodium content alone and consumers should not be expected to do the calculations in their head! In fact, you may only convey information as “Salt” – you are no longer allowed to […]
Monday, March 6th, 2017
in News, Positive ID, Pre-Printed Labels, Regulations Avian flu egg labels have meant a surge in business in a very small and short-lived niche. The surge in business meant James Robeson, a special correspondent of the BBC, came to see how we were coping with the production of millions of bird flu for free-range egg labels. Thankfully, they left out the bloopers! […]
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
in Food Labelling, Label Guides, New Product, News, PID Labelling Advice, Regulations Free-range eggs are being sold with new free-range egg stickers explaining that birds have been housed temporarily for their welfare. This is as a result of the bio-security measures implemented across the UK for the birds’ welfare. Avian Flu has been spreading across Europe and arrived in Britain in December. A number of outbreaks have […]
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
in EU, Food Labelling, Label Guides, New Product, News, Politics, Regulations You can buy labels now by clicking here Bird flu labelling will be required from 28th February and the Free Range Egg sector is bracing itself for a major headache. The outbreak of H5N8 avian flu across the continent lead to precautionary measures being taken by DEFRA which included a temporary housing order on free […]