{"id":11949,"date":"2024-08-29T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11949"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:01:49","slug":"is-your-food-labelling-legally-compliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\/blog\/is-your-food-labelling-legally-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your food labelling Legally compliant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What makes a food product a \u2018healthy choice\u2019 or \u2018good for you\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When can you say something is \u2018protein rich\u2019 or \u2018fat-free\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about \u2018light\u2019 or \u2018lite\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are messages we see on food packaging every time we go to the supermarket and yet, what do they actually mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food labelling can be a minefield to the uninitiated. Ensuring your products carry messages that are accurate and legally compliant is essential. Getting it wrong can not only be misleading but could affect the health of certain consumers with allergies, for instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get labelling licked in a&nbsp; day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Verner Wheelock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\/specialist\/legal-labelling-course.html\" title=\"\">Legal Labelling course <\/a>covers all the essentials in a single day. Written and delivered by a food labelling expert. it takes you through pack artwork requirements from size of text through QUID, storage instructions, ingredients lists, use of flavours, legal names of products, durability, nutrition declarations and more. There is a deeper exploration of nutrition and health claims, where delegates find out what is and is not acceptable. Plus of course there is reference to the Food Information Regulation, Natasha\u2019s Law and other legal issues such as the Windsor Framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much information required on food packaging these days that you really need to be up-to-speed,\u201d says Rachel Maud, VWA\u2019s Marketing Manager. \u201cThere are strict rules regarding product descriptions, health claims, allergen information, positioning and size of information \u2013 and that\u2019s just for starters. In a single day, delegates on our Legal Labelling course will understand the basics and be able to assess their own product labelling with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuition by labelling expert<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The trainer, Ashley Finney, is a Senior Regulatory Manager at one of the North\u2019s leading product branding companies. In addition he has worked in compliance for several years at one of the big five supermarkets. Unsurprisingly, he is very experienced and is happy to answer any questions that delegates might have throughout the day. Attendees are welcome to bring samples of their own labels in to the training session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For companies wishing to train upwards of five staff members, the Legal Labelling course can be delivered in-house, either face-to-face at their own premises or remotely via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. In-house training also gives the opportunity for bespoke content, where the course is geared specifically to that company\u2019s labelling requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Excellent feedback for labelling course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Typical post-course feedback includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe course was informative and enjoyable and met our specific needs. The course materials were very useful and will be a handy guide going forwards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExcellent course, very informative and presented well. Folder with course content is first class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTraining was well presented and covered everything I was expecting. Ashley was a great trainer, very engaging with us all in the group and answered all our questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verner Wheelock\u2019s Legal Labelling course is extremely popular, with spaces filling up very quickly. For the latest open course dates or to find out&nbsp; more about in-house courses, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\">www.vwa.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes a food product a \u2018healthy choice\u2019 or \u2018good for you\u2019? When can you say something is \u2018protein rich\u2019 or \u2018fat-free\u2019? What about \u2018light\u2019 or \u2018lite\u2019? These are messages we see on food packaging every time we go to the supermarket and yet, what do they actually mean? 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