Due to come into force in December 2014, the Food Information to Consumers Regulations (FIC) will set rules on how foods should be labelled and what information is mandatory as well as the presentation, style and positioning of this information. New rules for advertisement and distance selling are also included.
On average, it takes around three months to plan, design and sign off a new label, and with some leading brands it can take even longer. To help speed up the process of applying the necessary information, ICE has developed its CLARiTY software, which comes as standard with all of its coders, to give users greater flexibility to make the required changes to labels.
Although a large proportion of the legislation will affect pre-printed label design, the CLARiTY software can specifically fulfil the regulation where it impacts on overprinted information.
“The CLARiTY software gives much more flexibility to our customers, particularly small and medium-sized companies, who have less capacity, resource and guidance when regulations such as these are implemented,” said Chris Simpson, ICE’s MD.
Source: Interactive Coding Equipment
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