Jump to content

  • Quick Navigation
Photo

Allergen labelling

Share this

  • You cannot start a new topic
  • Please log in to reply
3 replies to this topic

Sherridan

    Grade - Active

  • IFSQN Active
  • 1 posts
  • 0 thanks
0
Neutral

  • Australia
    Australia

Posted 30 June 2014 - 05:22 AM

Can someone please advise if I can oversticker on a product to declare allergen status on the label that currently does not decalre any allergen or do I have to discard the whole label and re-print completely a new label with allergen declaration?



Slab

    Grade - SIFSQN

  • IFSQN Senior
  • 438 posts
  • 208 thanks
105
Excellent

  • United States
    United States
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:The Heel of the Boot
  • Interests:Reading (history, science fiction), Photography, drawing,food safety, metrology, TQM, hoplology, etc.

Posted 30 June 2014 - 06:31 AM

Not sure about Australia, but in the U.S. it is discouraged and many companies see it as a bad practice.  
 

 

 
Relabeling and Over-labeling

Over-labeling by placing a new label over an old label is discouraged by FDA but is acceptable as long as the new label and its use meet GMP requirements for attachment, legibility, reprocessing, and change control. (Over-labeling is also discouraged in some foreign countries.)

 


Food Safety News  Marine Stewardship Council

 

"Some people freak out when they see small vertebra in their pasta" ~ Chef John


Mr. Incognito

    "Mostly Harmless"

  • IFSQN Fellow
  • 1,571 posts
  • 272 thanks
131
Excellent

  • Earth
    Earth
  • Gender:Male

Posted 30 June 2014 - 11:27 AM

It would be best to replace the label due to the event that a second "sticker" could be pulled off, fall off, removed by rubbing, etc.  Then place a new updated label on the item... if that's possible.  The main issue is if someone wants to do your company harm they can pull the sticker off and then you would have an undeclared allergen issue...

 

Of course this is my experience with The United States and you local expectations, and the expectations of the locations you may export to, may be different.


____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mr. Incognito


:tardis:

Mr. Incognito is a cool frood who can travel the width and breadth of the galaxy and still know where his towel is.

Snookie

    Grade - FIFSQN

  • IFSQN Fellow
  • 1,625 posts
  • 267 thanks
174
Excellent

  • United States
    United States
  • Gender:Female

Posted 30 June 2014 - 03:46 PM

I would agree with what was said above. 


Posted Image
Live Long & Prosper



Share this

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users