Packaging
- Created by: Aaron Blake
- Created on: 09-06-13 15:29
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- Packaging
- Labelling
- Food labeling is covered by legislation and manufacturers must follow strict guidelines
- Legal requirements control what must be written and included on food labels:
- Name
- By law this can't be misleading, e.g. 'strawberry yoghurt' must contain strawberries, but 'strawberry flavoured yoghurt' just needs to taste of strawberries
- List of Ingredients
- All the ingredients must be listed in decreasing order of weight, including additives and preservatives. This allows you to compare products or avoid foods you can't / don't want to eat
- Best before and use by dates
- Products can't be sold beyond these, and a product should be thrown away once the use by date has passed
- Storage instructions
- Particularly important after a food product has been opened
- Nutritional infomation
- Provided so you can compare products.
- Contact
- Details of the maker, packer or seller.
- Name
- Most products have some form of packaging that is used for different reasons:
- Protection
- Needed during transit and is often a box with a protective inner.
- Information
- To give users knowledge about the product, e.g. technical information and symbols
- Display
- So the product can be clearly seen.
- Transportation
- e.g. wooden pallets make bulk transportation easier.
- Containing
- To keep any loose materials or components together
- Preservatiion
- Against the weather, temperature, bacteria, etc.
- Protection
- Packaging Symbols
- inform consumers about hazards, storage and handling, maintenance, disposal and design protection. For Example..
- Fragile contents, handle with care
- Do not allow packaging to get wet
- flammable, toxic or corrosive contents
- Environmental symbols, e.g. recycling symbols
- Maintenance symbols, e.g. on clothes
- Bar Codes
- Represent data in a machine-readable form. The scanned data is sent to a computer system where it's recorded and processed. Bar codes are used for...
- Stock Control
- Pricing
- To eliminate human error
- To check on consumer buying trends
- Recording points, e.g. on customer loyalty cards.
- Represent data in a machine-readable form. The scanned data is sent to a computer system where it's recorded and processed. Bar codes are used for...
- inform consumers about hazards, storage and handling, maintenance, disposal and design protection. For Example..
- Labelling
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