Acorn Labels
We can now print variable data and sequential barcoding! It is printed on to substrate at high speed enabling us to create thousands, even millions of individual unique labels!!! This data can be printed onto a whole different range of barcodes, dates, batch numbers and a lot more. Generally used in stock control, product ID, shipping and batch numbering! contact: sales@acornlabels.co.uk for more information.
We warmly welcome Mollie to Acorn Labels! Mollie will be working primarily in the packaging department alongside Sara on packaging business development. Mollie will be out and about visiting new and existing customers in the coming months. Mollie is moving house soon and is looking forward to getting stuck in with the renovations!
Acorn is pleased to announce the installation of our latest investment, a Daco Solutions TD350 2 colour servo turret. The new press prints and rewinds in one pass, and is part of our ongoing investment to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding marketplace.
With the ongoing pandemic, it’s so important we all do our bit and strive for the common good. Acorn Labels can supply you with floor and wall stickers to help keep your workplace Covid safe. We offer standard or bespoke designs as preferred, for prompt despatch and all competitively priced.
It’s never been more crucial for businesses in the food and drink industry to label their products in a manner that clearly showcases allergen information. In the UK, around 10 people die each year from food induced anaphylaxis reactions and the number either being born with allergens or developing them is on the rise.
Labels on food and drink packaging enable humans to enjoy consumption safe in the knowledge they won’t be harmed. The severity of what can happen when food isn’t labelled appropriately were exposed on the 29th of September 2018, in a dreadful tragedy.
15 year old Natasha Ednan, from South-West London, had a fatal reaction to sesame after eating a baguette from the popular sandwich chain Pret a Manger. At the time, fresh food sold in house was not lawfully obligated to provide allergen information.
After the incident Natasha’s parents gathered a formal inquest to put pressure on Michael Gove the secretary of state for environment food and rural affairs, to change the system. Since then, Pret a Manger have vowed to label all food products in their 400 stores across the UK by the end of summer 2019.
It could be assumed that decisions associated with something so important would be deemed common sense, but there are plenty of companies that have progressed with label artwork, despite there being unclear information.
So what can a company do to ensure consumers are able to read allergen information from labelled packaging clearly?
Make the text apparent and comprehensible – The information provided for allergens is futile if it cannot be read. This design by Corkers Crisps is a perfect example of clear allergen labelling.
Language – The text on the labelling should be in a language that can be read by the citizens of the country where the food is marketed. For example, food products sold in the UK should have the information in English.
Listing common allergens in bold – Reading the full ingredients information is strongly advised but by stating common allergies in bold it emphasises cautionary elements.
May contain – A lot of food manufacturers use voluntary labelling to indicate the possible accidental contamination of an allergen. The Food Standards Agency has produced guidance for the industry on allergen control.
If you require labels for your food packaging please get in touch and one of our experienced advisers will talk you through it.