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EUFoodAllergenLabeling Printing labels that comply with EU Regulation N°1169/2011 WHITE PAPER Contents Overview 3 Steps to Implement EU Allergen-Compliant Labeling 4 Select Your Language 4 UpdatetheAllergen List 4 Modify the Allergen Formatting 5 Enter Ingredient List 6 Configure Your Label 7 Considerations for Modifying an Existing Document 9 Prerequisites 9 Implementation 9 Appendix A: Supported Language Table 11 Appendix B: Allergen List 11 Related Documentation 13 Overview AsofDecember2014,allEuropeannutritionlabelsmustlistandidentifypotentialallergensin accordancewithEURegulationN°1169/2011.Thisregulationhelpscustomersmakeinformed decisionsabouttheingredientsandnutritionofthefoodandbeveragestheyconsume.Food manufacturers,businessfoodoperatorsanddistributorsmustclearlymarkandemphasizeall allergens in the ingredient list. Foryears,BarTender®hashadtheabilitytocreateanddesignlabelsthatcomplywiththis regulation. Now withyourinstallationofBarTender, Seagullprovidesanintuitive, easy-to-use label templatethathelpsyoumeetthesefoodlabelingrequirementsandproduceconsistent,compliant labels. TheBarTenderEUAllergenlabeltemplateiscompletelyconfigurableandfeatures: l Automatedemphasisandformattingofallergensinyouringredientlist. l Configurable list ofallergens, allowingeasymodificationshouldthe regulationbe updatedor youneedtocomplywithsimilargeographicregulations. l Simpledesignthatallowsyoutodesignlabelstomatchyourcompany'smarketingand productionneeds. l Supportformultiplelanguages,includingEnglish,Dutch,French,German,ItalianandSpanish. l SeagullScientific's legendarytechnicalsupport. FormoreinformationaboutEURegulationN°1169/2011andfoodlabelingrequirements,visitthe SeagullScientific EU FoodAllergenLabeling(FIC)Regulationpage: http://www.seagullscientific.com/label-design-and-printing/regulations-standards/eu-food-allergens-fic EUFood Allergen Labeling 3 Steps to Implement EU Allergen-Compliant Labeling BarTender'ssampledocumentcanbedownloadedfromSeagullScientific'sFoodIndustrypage: http://www.seagullscientific.com/label-design-and-printing/regulations-standards/eu-food-allergens-fic Thesampletemplateincludesaverysimpledesignforthesolepurposeoflettingyouformatand brandyourlabelasyouseefit.Youcanmanuallyreplacethesampleingredientswithyourown,or morelikely, retrieve your ingredient list from a database, spreadsheet or ERPsystem. UseofthesampleBarTenderdocumentrequirestheProfessionaleditionofBarTenderorhigher. Select Your Language In order to accuratelyidentifythe allergens in your ingredient list, you must specifywhat language(s) youringredient list is in. To do so: 1. IntheDataSourcesToolboxpane,expandtheNamed Data Sourcesnode. 2. Double-clickonthenameddatasourceentitled"LanguageID".TheNamed Data Sources dialogopens. 3. Withthe"LanguageID"nameddatasourcestillselected,replacethedatawiththeISO-639 codethatcorrespondstooneofthesixlanguagessupportedbythesampledocument.See AppendixAofthisdocumentformoreinformation. 4. ClickClosetoclosetheNamedDataSourcesdialogandreturntoyourtemplate. Update the Allergen List BarTender'ssampledocumentcontainsalistof30commonallergens,asdefinedbyEURegulation N°1169/2011.Thisallergenlistisintendedtobeastartingpointfortheallergensusedinyour productionenvironment,andisstoredinanexternaltextfile,Allergens.txt.Alist oftheseincluded allergens are also listed in AppendixB ofthis white paper. NOTE:Youarefullyresponsibleformaintainingtheallergenandexceptionslistand complyingwiththeEU Regulation.Theallergens(andexceptions)includedwiththis sampledocumentmaynotcomprehensivelycoverallallergensderivedfromthe categoriesdefinedbytheEU Regulation.Updatestotheinstalledallergenlist should include allvariations ofthe allergens used in your company, includingspellingvariations (e.g. kamut vs kamult), translated allergen names, pluralforms ofthe allergens (e.g. egg vseggs)and/orspecifictypesofanallergen(e.g.salmon,herring,mackerelandsquid all fall under the category "fish"). EUFood Allergen Labeling 4
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