Natasha’s law or the UK Food information amendment comes into play from the 1st October 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with similar standards being introduced in Scotland by Food Standards Scotland. The new law requires businesses to label foods with their product name and provide a full list of ingredients highlighting allergens. The new law is aimed at businesses who prepare prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) foods for direct sale on their premises. These type of foods are packaged before they are selected by the consumer and can be found in display units, behind counters or sold in mobile/temporary outlets.

What labelling options are out there?

The new law effects small cafés to larger hospitality chains bringing in new technological printing requirements. Batch buying pre-printed labels or handwriting sticky labels can be time and cost consuming. They are also hard to update if recipes are revised using new ingredients which by law need to be updated immediately.

An alternative option is to look into self-label printing. The most popular options on the market today are either traditional silicon linered pre-cut re-stick labels or linerless labelling which both allows the user flexibility with the label content.

Why go linerless?

Characterised as pressure-sensitive labelling with a special release coating applied on the face of the label, linerless labels provide up to 40% more labels per roll than traditional label media by simply removing the requirement of silicon backing paper. This special feature allows label printing of variable lengths, making it ideal for ingredient labelling which can vary in size.

Typically, linerless labelling requires specialised printers for the media’s use. BIXOLON offers a portfolio of linerless labelling options from traditional desktop printers to compact mobile printers. Its SRP-S300 linerless label or receipt printer, is ideal for high humidity kitchen environments. Providing concise, accurate linerless printing over five different print widths onto both re-stick and permanent linerless label media. The XL5-40 is the world’s first exclusively dedicated linerless desktop label printer with unmatched features compared to existing desktop printers supporting linerless labelling as an option. Alternatively BIXOLON’s comprehensive range of compact mobile printers available in two, three and four-inch media widths providing consistent, flexible printing from your chosen smart device.

To find out more about the BIXOLON’s Linerless Label printing range and find out why it is quickly becoming a favoured labelling technology of choice for major hospitality brands across the UK, visit www.BixolonEU.com or call +49-211-68-78-84-0.

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