If you’re still creating food labels manually and often struggle to stay compliant with food regulations, you are spending valuable time that could be used to expand your food business or create innovative recipes. By implementing food labelling software, you can streamline the entire process and save time and money!
Whether it is your requirement to comply with CFR 21 or any other food regulations, food labeling software can make your life easier. Before we learn how software easily and quickly enables you to comply with CFR 21 food labeling guidelines, let’s review the regulations.
What is CFR Title 21?
CFR stands for Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, and is a part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services. It belongs to the Food for Human Consumption and focuses mainly on food labeling regulations.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to ensure the foods available in the US market are safe, wholesome and properly labeled. FDA rules apply to foods produced domestically, as well as foods imported from other countries into the US market. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act are the Federal laws which govern tfood products under FDA jurisdiction. CFR Title 21 covers all aspects of food labeling.
Take a Deeper Look:
CFR 21 sets forth FDA guidelines on using electronic records and electronic signatures. Each title of CFR 21 addresses different regulated areas and is intended to ensure that food companies and organizations implement good business practices by defining the criteria under which electronic records and signatures must be authentic, accurate, trustworthy, reliable, confidential, and similar to paper records and handwritten signatures.
How Does CFR 21 Benefit the Food Industry?
By introducing CFR 21, the FDA has enabled the food industry to streamline business processes and reduce turnaround time and costs by establishing standard criteria for the use of electronic records and signatures. Without the CFR 21 rule, the food industry would have been unable to manage records and other content electronically, which would have increased the risk of human error, operational costs, and time-to-market for food products.
CFR 21 Labeling Requirements
- Subpart A includes the general provisions
- Subpart B includes the specific food labeling requirements
- Subpart C includes the specific nutrition labeling requirements and guidelines
- Subpart D includes the specific requirements for nutrient content claims
- Subpart E includes the specific requirements for health claims
- Subpart F contains the specific requirements for descriptive claims excluding the nutrient content claims and health claims
- Subpart G states the exemptions from food labeling requirements
How Do Food Companies Create CFR 21 Compliant Food Labels Easily and Quickly?
Creating food labels in compliance with CFR 21 rules by hand can be an arduous and expensive act. A data-based food labeling software can streamline the process by improving productivity and efficiency. The software database consists of ingredients from around the world and can be used to calculate nutrient breakdown of recipes and food labels.
Nutritionist PRO™ – a robust food labeling solution
Axxya Systems presents Nutritionist PRO™, a top-notch food labeling software, which has a wide user base across food manufacturing, catering facilities, restaurants, etc. all over the world. It is used by chefs for recipe creation, checking nutrient values, and, most importantly, creating nutrition facts labels for food packages and containers. Creating CFR 21 Food Labels and meeting all the essential guidelines for USA food labeling will be a snap using this software.
Nutritionist PRO™ is built to enable its users to easily and quickly generate unlimited nutrition facts labels in compliance with the USA guidelines and generate ingredient statements for labels. Nutritionist PRO™ is available in both desktop and online versions for added flexibility.