Your Label and Your Liability

The label is a legal document, plus the insurance first-timers skip.

1. Anatomy of a compliant labelBuild a packaged-food label that carries every element FDA requires, in the right place — so a safe, well-made product isn't misbranded by its own label.
2. Nutrition Facts, and the rounding rules that misbrand youProduce a Nutrition Facts panel that survives an FDA pull — the right serving size, the right rounding for each nutrient, and numbers you can defend.
3. Allergens and the Big 9 (yes, sesame)Declare the nine major food allergens the way the law requires, and tell a labeling job apart from the cross-contact controls no "may contain" warning can replace.
4. Claims and the misbranding trapsAudit every marketing claim on your label, know which agency defines it, and either meet the definition or drop the word — before a technically-fine claim misbrands a technically-fine product.
5. The insurance first-timers skipKnow which coverage a food manufacturer actually needs before a claim — product liability at the limit your retail buyers require, and the recall costs your liability policy leaves out.