{"id":30740,"date":"2014-11-19T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T08:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metaprintart.club\/uncategorized\/30740-eu-new-regulations-set-to-hit-print-and-packaging-industry\/"},"modified":"2014-11-19T09:39:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T08:39:30","slug":"eu-new-regulations-set-to-hit-print-and-packaging-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metaprintart.info\/en\/international-en\/30740-eu-new-regulations-set-to-hit-print-and-packaging-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"EU: New regulations set to hit print and packaging industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The print and packaging industries across Europe are \u201cin for a nasty shock\u201d when European Commission regulations come into force next month that are designed to help consumers understand more about the food they eat.<\/h2>\n

The strict new rules for food packaging<\/em> cover a multitude of requirements ranging from details of ingredient lists, nutrition information and contact details, as well as the food source and font size.<\/p>\n

Many printers and packers have been in the dark about the regulations that will have far-reaching impacts on brand owners, end users and supermarkets, and that will change the face of packaging across Europe. And for many, it will involve upgrading standard business procedures to cope with the Euro directives.<\/p>\n

The relevant documentation comes under Regulation (EU) No 1169\/2011, becoming applicable from 13 December 2014, which will replace the current requirements for the set out in Directive 2000\/13\/EC and the nutrition labelling requirements of Directive 90\/496\/EEC.<\/p>\n

Labelling of foodstuffs<\/h1>\n

Translated down to the printer, run lengths are likely to become a fraction of what they were and set-up costs for traditional flexo or litho printing will go through the roof. Suddenly, digital print looks attractive and will become a \u201cmust have\u201d investment for thousands of printers across Europe, yet many won\u2019t want to invest in complete new systems, so that\u2019s where Cambridgeshire, UK-based Industrial Inkjet Ltd (IIJ) can help.<\/p>\n

John Corrall<\/strong> is a world expert and managing director at IIJ that develops tailored industrial inkjet systems to customer requirements across the world \u2013 including for labels and general packaging \u2013 and is the official sales and technical support centre for Konica Minolta<\/strong> industrial inkjet.
\nHe said: \u201cFive years ago we were engaged by one of the world\u2019s foremost chocolate manufacturers that was concerned by the impact of these new regulations. It knew it needed to increase font sizes on its packaging. This meant it was no longer possible to squeeze the text for more than one language on each package.”<\/em> One language per package means more variation \u2013 shorter runs of different artwork. It meant that run lengths would halve or quarter so they realised the economic solution would be new digital production systems in house.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though this global brand purchased trial equipment it didn\u2019t really progress beyond that, which I take to mean that when the new regulations come in from December the problem falls on the shoulders of the current external print suppliers. My feeling is that food companies regard it as somebody else\u2019s problem, so printers and packers and others in the supply chain are going to be in for a nasty shock. \u00a0The regulations apply to the food producer, but, to me, it seems as if the right people don\u2019t know enough yet about the regulations and their widespread impact. Do they care? Have they thought about the impact on the poor packaging suppliers?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

John Bambery<\/strong>, Chairman of the BPIF\u2019s (British Printing Industries Federation<\/em>) Labels Group, said: \u201cCountless artwork has to be changed to meet the deadline in December. Morrison\u2019s is one supermarket chain that went on record more than a year ago to confirm that it will need to change 10,000 details on product labels alone. My take is that the only way of doing it cost effectively is digitally, which creates a massive business opportunity for those with digital equipment<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWhile many printers will be supplied artwork by their customers, some will be asked to produce designs, and their designers need to be aware of what is acceptable and what is not. I\u2019ve raised questions relating to the liability printers faced and it has been confirmed that the name and address of the producer of the product has the legal responsibility for ensuring that the information on the label or packaging is correct<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I understand it, the UK has a voluntary code that complies with the EC rules. So if they don\u2019t comply they are not actually breaking the regulations as they haven\u2019t been enshrined into UK law<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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