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[RWEXTFOO]

Hello Does anybody have a template for signing off/checking new artwork from printer and so on ? 

[TimG]

Attached is what we use to verify all incoming labels. The FIRST of a new label gets stuck to a sheet of paper, inspected by the manager in charge of label purchasing (office manager), and signed off by her. It then gets placed in the master label book to be used as the verification check in the attached.

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•  EXAMPLE Label verification log.docx   18.76KB   4 downloads

Edited by TimG, Today, 03:51 PM.

[GMO]

I don't have one which I can share unfortunately but the FSA has a good starting point.  

 

Packaging and labelling | Food Standards Agency

 

Do make sure you compile something market and category specific because there are some peculiarities which apply to the UK (even over the EU) and to certain products.

 

When I made mine for one business we started with something similar to that FSA list but then added in checks on things which were typical or easy to get wrong vs. the pack copy, so things like:

 

Ingredients list and QUID including allergens (correctly spelled) and in bold or whatever method you're using.

Nutrition information correct matching specification.

Claims correct.

Barcode correct and scans.

Logos correct (including things like vegetarian claims etc)

 

And so on.

 

What you'll find is you start with a list and as you check each (or you find an error) you'll add to the list.  We ended up with one two sides of A4 long.  Probably excessive but it worked for us and you'd be shocked how many times we found things retailers or Ashbury missed.