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Site answers food label approval questions

Food packagers seeking guidance on obtaining approvals from USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) may want to visit Prime Label Consultants' (Washington, DC) site at www.primelabel.com.

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The site is chock full of good information in plain language. A basic guide to filling out FSIS form 7234, a filing for label approval, is available at www.primelabel.com/expediting/gettingstarted.htm. Detailed instructions take you step-by-step through the label application form. Instructions on how to submit a label are also provided. Another section entitled "Ten steps to easy label approval" at www.primelabel.com/expediting/tensteps.htm is also informative.

Noteworthy, too, is the questions and answers section at www.primelabel.com/news/qa/answers.htm. The section is loaded with actual queries (and answers) from food packagers such as, "I submitted a pizza-flavored frank to the Labeling Review Branch and it was refused. Why can't I use 'pizza-flavored' to describe my franks...?" One thing we didn't see was a way for site visitors to post additional questions.

Finally, a demo version of the firm's EZ Form 98® software that automates the process of submitting form 7234 can be downloaded. The software calls for basic product information, from which it generates the precise wording for valid nutrient content and health claims. It also produces a camera-ready panel in the correct format with all the mandatory and voluntary information.

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