Our unique approach
As with all our work, we pursue a holistic approach to all regulatory audits, striking a balance that is compliant with the pertinent legislation while supporting the desired marketplace position of the product.
Our skill set
1. Regulator pre-market submissions and notifications:
Novel food, novel dietary fibre, health claims on food, food additives, food ingredients, food colours, GRAS notifications, novel packaging, market authorization permits, infant formula, animal feed supplements
2. Label creation, audit & remedial services:
Food Labels, Websites, Advertising
- Creation or audit of food labels, sell sheets, advertising and websites
- Compliance of proposed claims and statements (wording of claim and substantiation)
- Identification of overlooked claims
- Nutrition Facts Table (Cda), Nutrition Facts Label (USA), Supplement Facts Label (USA) and Nutrition Labelling (EU) creation and review
- Accurate provision of mandatory and voluntary information
- Accurate and speedy French translation
3. Participation in Government-agency led consultations in Canada and the USA:
Since the inception of our company 31 years ago, we have participated in several Government-agency consultations, the more recent of which are highlighted below.
Canada:
- Dietary fibre: Proposed Policy: Definition and energy value for dietary fibre
- Sodium: Dietary sodium reduction strategy
- Nutrition Facts and List of Ingredients: New Nutrition Facts and List of Ingredients: coming into force December 2021
- Food Guide: Modernization of Canada’s Food Guide
- Whole wheat vs whole grain: Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Discussion (PDF)
USA:
- Labelling of gluten-free foods
Beyond food labels
Our 31 years experience has lead us to create labels for products outside the packaged food sector, such as:
Paper products, residential and industrial cleaning products, consumer home appliances, dietary supplements (USA) , NHPs (Canada), animal feed supplements, and more recently, toys