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Ten Most Common Mistakes Made on a Label
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- Ingredients statement problems:
- Single ingredients are not listed by common
name, e.g., oil declared instead of vegetable oil, soy declared instead of
soy flour, MSG declared instead of monosodium glutamate.
- Component ingredients are not listed by
common name, e.g., cheese declared instead of imitation cheese, ham
declared instead of ham water added, beef declared instead of seasoned
beef and binder product.
- Order of predominance in the ingredients
statement is incorrect.
- There are ingredients declared in the
ingredients statement that are not in the formulation and vice-versa.
- Multi-ingredient components are missing their
sublistings.
- The formulation, processing procedure and/or supporting documentation do not
agree with or validate information and/or claims on the label, e.g., "lemon,
thyme, pepper" claim on label but the formulation does not indicate that
the spices contain thyme and pepper.
- Either the entire label is illegible or portions of the label are illegible.
- The label is incomplete since all required labeling features are not provided.
- Product standards are not met.
- Product name is incorrect, e.g., "BBQ" on the label of a sauce with beef
product, yet, standard 9 CFR 319.80 or 319.312 is not met.
- Product name word size incorrect.
- Geographical claim on label but product not produced in claim location,
e.g., "St. Louis Toasted Breaded Beef Ravioli" on labeling of product manufactured
in Vineland, New Jersey.
- Nutrition facts problems:
- The serving size is incorrect.
- The servings per container is incorrect.
- The wrong format is used.
- Improper rounding of the values.
- Undefined nutrient content claims are used, e.g., leaner, low
carbohydrate, very low in fat.
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