What goes on a food or cosmetic label

A map, not a law book: what each market requires on the pack, and which part of BatchDash produces it. The official text is named for each item so you can read the source that binds you.

EU food (Regulation 1169/2011)

• Name of the food: a text or field element; the recipe’s label name.
• Ingredient list, allergens emphasized: the Ingredients block, computed from the sealed batch on its label data page, your edits included.
• Quantity of certain ingredients (QUID): accepted percentages print inside the ingredient list, where the regulation puts them.
• Net quantity: the batch’s net quantity field.
• Date of minimum durability or use-by: the batch’s date line, worded per its date type. If the recipe also records a period after opening, the After opening field prints it as its own sentence.
• Operator’s name and address: the business block, filled once under Label settings.
• Nutrition declaration: the Nutrition block, the seven Annex XV rows per 100 g.
• Lot marking rides Directive 2011/91/EU: the lot field, “L” convention included when you write it so.

EU cosmetics (Regulation 1223/2009)

• Responsible person’s name and address: the business block.
• Nominal content: the net quantity field.
• Date of minimum durability, or period after opening: the date line, the After opening field, or the PAO jar symbol with its months.
• Batch number: the lot field.
• Function of the product, unless obvious: a text element.
• Ingredient list in INCI order: the Ingredients block in INCI mode, computed from the batch and validated on its label data page.

France, in addition

• Triman and sorting info: the Triman mark ships in the symbol library (décret 2014-1577 artwork). The sorting instructions beside it come from your producer-responsibility body; place them as text.
• Use-by wording follows the French forms, “à consommer jusqu’au” and “à consommer de préférence avant le”, which the date line prints when the label language is French.

US food (FDA, 21 CFR 101)

• Statement of identity and net quantity on the front panel; net quantity in dual units (grams and ounces) is your wording to write.
• Nutrition Facts: the US panel format differs from the EU block BatchDash computes. Treat the computed figures as inputs and have the US panel set by someone who does them.
• Ingredient list and the FALCPA “Contains” statement: the Ingredients block and the allergens lines carry the data; check the wording against the US allergen list, which differs from the EU’s.
• Manufacturer, packer or distributor address: the business block.

US cosmetics (FPLA and MoCRA)

• Identity, net contents, and the responsible firm’s name and address: text, the net quantity field, and the business block.
• Ingredient declaration: the INCI list serves here too; ordering rules are close to the EU’s.
• Warnings and directions where applicable: text elements; the applicable ones are product-specific.

Everything computed is calculated from the ingredient data you entered. The wording, the order of mandatory particulars and any national requirement stay your market’s business: check them for your market before printing, and show a first print to someone who knows the rules where you sell.