Food Labelling and Specifications Management Consulting Services

Complying with laws on food labelling and specifications can be a challenge. Launching new food products and expanding into new markets takes time — time to understand the legal requirements for a product in a given market to make sure it complies with all the correct regulations, including those for labels. Unless these requirements are met, negative consequences may include fines, delays in time-to-market and harm to your brand reputation. Getting it right is critical for success.

At NSF, our experts can guide you to ensure compliance with the wide, complex array of laws and regulations, so you’re able to reach the market at the proper time, protect your brand and provide safer food for consumers.

We offer a comprehensive range of services:

• Ongoing specifications management
• Full product lifecycle, including:
  • Formulation and ingredient compliance
  • Determination of nutrition and creation of appropriate nutrition panels
  • Full regulatory specification reviews and checks, using your own specification management system or NSF’s TraQtion software solution
  • Full label and artwork review to ensure compliance with food regulations (such as legal name, nutrition panels, ingredient list and allergen declaration)
  • Checking the compliance of health and nutrition claims against compulsory criteria and recommended guidelines
  • Packaging compliance
• Development of restaurant menu information
• Ensuring that consumer and food service products meet food labelling regulations
• Registration and product notification
• Regulatory change updates covering new, upcoming and updated legislation
• Delivery of translations in over 250 languages
• Confirming that your brand quality standards are met within the specification