Posted to News on 15th Dec 2014, 14:08
SATO helps food businesses comply with EU legal obligations
SATO has developed systems that produce labels to clearly indicate vital information about foods and beverages, enabling food manufacturers and retailers meet EU legal obligations and avoid harsh penalties. With the new European Directive 1169/2011 on food labelling coming into force on 13th December 2014, anyone producing or selling foods and beverages without clearly displaying information such as allergens, nutrition and origin may be at risk of criminal prosecution. Although they differ from country to country, penalties are likely to be severe and range from unlimited fines in the UK to up to 2 years in prison in France.
The key aim of European Directive 1169/2011 is to standardise food and beverage labelling to help consumers easily access information on a food's ingredients, nutrition, place of origin and allergens. A primary requirement of the new regulation is that food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and food service operators will have to clearly indicate, within any ingredients lists, any potentially allergenic substances.
Makoto Hayama, Managing Director of SATO International Europe, says: "This directive has far-reaching impacts for food manufacturers and retailers. SATO's food safety and labelling solutions are deployed worldwide, in a variety of regulatory environments, and enable customers to quickly and efficiently adapt to changes."
SATO's TH2 dedicated food label printer is suitable for on-demand labelling across a wide range of bakery, deli, catering and other retail applications. The printer is a standalone unit incorporating a large user-keypad which is used to call up any label, including ingredients, stored within its extensive internal product list. The anti-microbial casing, small footprint and re-chargeable battery make the TH2 suitable for static location or mobile use anywhere within food preparation or retailing areas. The printer is able to automatically calculate use by and best before dates from databases, and already enhances the efficiency of thousands of food outlets across Europe.
In addition to its printer technology, SATO's labelling and software systems are also extensively used in large and small-scale food production. Simple Windows-based label design software ensures that listed allergen names and any associated descriptions are automatically highlighted on the product label, meeting the demands of the 1169/2011 Directive.
Follow the link for more information on SATO's labelling products.
