| abelling is a crucial part of product development. Food | | | | 2. ensure no label elements are misleading and illegal; |
| products may be nutritious, delicious, and attractively | | | | 3. recommend appropriate value-added claims [e.g. |
| packaged, but unless their labels conform to Canadian | | | | Organic, Source of
, etc.]; |
| regulations, they may not be sold in Canada. | | | | 4. etc. |
| ACC Label is a team of nutritionists, food scientists | | | | The importance of the legal compliance of food labels |
| and translators offering labelling expertise to | | | | cannot be overemphasized, as the consequences of |
| companies interested in marketing food products in | | | | inadequate labelling can be very costly in fines, |
| Canada. | | | | seizures, label reprints, etc. |
| They provide database and laboratory nutritional | | | | Equally important is the linguistic quality of texts. Just |
| analysis to determine the nutritional composition | | | | as poor graphic design or low quality packaging, |
| [protein, fat, carbohydrate, etc.] of food products. | | | | poorly written texts convey carelessness and give |
| Database analysis consists of determining a | | | | the impression that the product is of inferior quality. |
| product’s nutritional content on the basis of | | | | For outstanding linguistic quality on food labels, you |
| the nutritional values of its ingredients. Good database | | | | want to rely on people passionate about words who |
| analysis, however, is not just a matter of entering | | | | can convey messages with style. Also, you want |
| data into nutritional analysis software and letting the | | | | people with a good knowledge of Canadian labelling |
| computer do the rest. Extensive food science and | | | | requirements who will not alter the legal compliance |
| nutrition knowledge are necessary to ensure reliable | | | | of your labels. Finally, you want someone familiar with |
| data. ACC Label's nutritionists have perfected the | | | | the particularities of the two Canadian official |
| database analysis methodology to provide accurate | | | | languages, as Canadian French and Canadian English |
| results. | | | | differ from Parisian French and US English. |
| Laboratory analyses consist of chemical breakdown | | | | To complement their nutritional and label regulatory |
| of the actual products. ACC Label contracts with | | | | analysis services, ACC Label’s offers the |
| laboratories fully accredited by the Standards Council | | | | linguistic services you need, whether you speak |
| of Canada for such analyses. | | | | English, French, Italian or Chinese. |
| Once the nutritional composition of the food product | | | | The production and sale of quality food products is a |
| is known, ACC Label produces compliant, print-ready | | | | challenge in itself. Dealing with food labelling |
| Nutrition Facts tables. | | | | regulations, nutritional analysis and linguistics is a totally |
| In addition to nutritional labelling, ACC Label provides | | | | different matter. To food manufacturers, importers, |
| food label regulatory analysis services. They scrutinize | | | | distributors and retailers who wish to focus on what |
| the labels to: | | | | they do the best, ACC Label offers peace of mind |
| 1. determine whether all the mandatory labelling | | | | with respect to their food labelling needs. |
| elements are displayed as required by regulations; | | | | |