Posts by Caitlin Stewart

Marjolein Regelink, our International Regulatory Advisor, looks at the challenges of labelling vegan chocolate. Product innovation keeps pushing the boundaries of the law and it is becoming increasingly difficult for food businesses to determine the best description for their products, to ensure that the product is both attractive to consumers and legally compliant. So what…

Steve Spice, Regulatory Manager from Ashbury, looks at some of the less common labelling errors prompting product recalls. Looking back over rapid alerts in the EU’s RASFF system over the past few years, labelling issues relating to allergens declarations certainly stand out. But a food label contains many other pieces of information and recalls regarding…

Ashbury Regulatory Experts look at the current positioning regarding nutrition information on alcohol labels. While almost every packaged food is required to have a nutritional facts label, indicating the serving size and the nutritional value per serving, alcoholic drinks do not. Any dieter will tell you that alcohol is ‘liquid sugar’, with little nutritional value…