Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify specific criteria required for a food label
- Identify components of food labels
- Identify the relationship between food label and consumer information
- Confirm that the ingredients in a food product are accurately described
- Confirm that date marking is completed and linked to information on batch number and date of processing
- Confirm that directions for use and storage information are provided
- Confirm that country of origin information is completed to comply with requirements for food source and place of processing
- Identify additional general information requirements
- Source commodity-specific labelling requirements
- Document information from the food processing operation required on the product label
- Identify exemptions for nutrition information panel
- Provide information on energy, protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, sugars and sodium content, and any other nutritional information required by legislation
- Provide the number of servings, the average quantity of food in a serving and the unit quantity of the food
- Document the declaration of weights and measures
- Confirm that legislative requirements for specifying allergens and irradiated foods, percentage labelling and mandatory warning and advisory statements and declarations (including genetically modified ingredients) are included on the label
- Produce a label for a specified food product