All Articles in Labelling and packaging

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is facing a potential hefty fine over an over-packaged meat joint, but are the current regulations and punishments reflective of today’s market? Joseph Kitchingham of Redstone Plc…

Soon, the EU will be in the grip of new rules requiring the provision of information on tyre labels relating to fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance. Jenny Reid…

Sainsbury’s described its “Pitcher” gin-based drink as its own version of the UK’s favourite summer cocktail, so it could not have been too surprised when Pimm’s owner Diageo sued.  …

One potential impact of the recent ECJ judgment in the “smellalike” case of L’Oreal & Ors v Bellure is on product get-up and packaging. Are trade mark registrations now even…

The British Retail Consortium has pledged its commitment to recycling logos for packaging, while Tesco adopts a new “Carbon Trust” pack logo and Highland Spring moots putting sustainability data on…

Following Coca Cola’s “Dasani from Sidcup” debacle in 2004, it was the turn of PepsiCo to drink humble pie over mountain-capped labels on its “Aquafina” bottled water. Nestle too came…

As we clamour for an all too rare opportunity to soak up some Vitamin D, the European Commission has launched an initiative to improve the labelling of sunscreen products.  …

Animal campaign group Viva! complained to trading standards about pictures of reeds and bulrushes on duck meat packs on Tesco shelves. What was the grouse and what are the lessons…

Believe it or not, there are no EU-wide rules as to marking the origin of products imported into the Union. Now, a proposed EU regulation seeks to bring the EU…

For twelve years the CE quality mark has been appearing on packaging, to the delight of ink manufacturers, but the utter disinterest of virtually everybody else. The European Commission has…