Free product labelling round table
Food Manufacture magazine is hosting its latest product labelling round table debate on October 8th at Whittlebury Hall, near Towcester, Northamptonshire. This event is FREE to attend for those in the food and drink sector with responsibility for the management and labelling of food and drink products. Places are available to those who register on a first come first serve basis.
Labelling: an aid to consumer choice or information overload?
October 8, 2008, Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire
Food and drink manufacturers are under increasing pressure on a number of fronts to demonstrate the safety, nutritional content and environmental credentials of the products they sell. From allergen labelling through to front of pack labelling and 'carbon footprint' labelling, more and more information is being requested on packs to help consumers make informed choices about their purchases. And yet, food packs must also promote and help sell the tasty products they contain.
The morning round table will be chaired by regulatory affairs expert Neville Craddock, who has extensive experience working with industry, governments and the European Commission on teasing out the contradictions that new EU legislation often throws up.
Attendance at the round table is free and open to those within food and drink manufacturing companies and retailers with responsibility for marketing, regulatory affairs and new product development. Places are strictly limited at this half-day round table, debating forum - so book now to avoid disappointment.
Spaces are strictly limited and FREE OF CHARGE!
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Stephanie Smallwood.
THE EVENT: - Labelling round table, sponsored by Bodycote Lawlabs
DATE: October 8th
9.30am: Coffee and welcome
10am-12.30pm: Discussion (includes coffee break)
12.30-2pm Buffet lunch
LOCATION:
Whittlebury Hall Hotel, Spa and Management Training Centre, Whittlebury, Near Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8QH
CHAIRMAN: Regulatory affairs expert, Neville Craddock
AGENDA: We will address the following points:
1) How can manufacturers square the circle of providing ever more information on the limited space available on packs: especially when some European legislators are calling for a minimum font size to be used for some of these details?
2) Is prescriptive labelling the answer, or is it clarity of information that matters most?
3) Or will point of sale information sheets and product web sites eventually become the only way of providing the additional information required?
4) And with new health and nutrition claims legislation on the horizon, just what will you be able to claim for your product on its packaging?
