BASIC REQUIRED FOOD LABELING COMPONENTS LABEL

BASIC REQUIRED FOOD LABELING COMPONENTS

LABEL EXAMPLE (COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION)

This label example is just one way to present the information required on a food product label. Information may be

placed in different ways and may appear on more than one label. Labels must comply with all applicable

regulations and all information must be accurate and not misleading.

Ingredient List – Ingredients shall be listed by common or usual name in

descending order of predominance by weight. Meaning, the ingredient that weighs

the most is listed first, followed by the next heaviest ingredient, with the ingredient

that weighs the least listed last. Any ingredient that is composed of two or more

ingredients (sub-ingredients) shall be declared in the Ingredient List. Sub-

ingredients shall be designated in the Ingredient List by declaring the established

common or usual name of the ingredient, followed by a parenthetical listing of all the

ingredients contained therein in descending order of predominance.

Ref: CFR 21, Part 101.4

Statement of Identity – The

Statement of Identity is the name of

the food. The name shall be the

common or usual name of the food,

and shall accurately identify or

describe the basic nature of the food

or its characterizing properties or

ingredients.

Ref: CFR 21, Part 101.3

Statement of Responsibility

– Shall include the:

Business Name

Street Address

City, State, Zip Code

All information in the Statement of

Responsibility shall be continuous.

If the business name is listed in the

local telephone directory, the street

address may be omitted. If the

business name is listed in the local

telephone directory, a Post Office

Box may be used in place of the

street address.

Telephone numbers, web-site

addresses, and e-mail addresses

are permitted, but not required.

This type of extra information shall

not be placed between the

Ingredient List and the Statement of

Responsibility.

Ref: CFR 21, Part 101.5

CHOCOLATE CHIP/MILK CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN,

REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BROWN SUGAR (MOLASSES,

SUGAR), SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR,

COCOA BUTTER), SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED

SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BETA

CAROTENE (PRO VITAMIN A-ADDED FOR COLOR)), MILK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS (SUGAR, COCOA

BUTTER, MILK, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN), EGGS, MILK, BAKING POWDER

(POTASSIUM BITARTRATE, CORN STARCH, BAKING SODA), NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, BAKING SODA.

Agriculture Cookie Co.

8995 E. Main Street

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

NET WT 8 OZ (227 g) This product is home produced.

ODA – Ohio Department of

Agriculture

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations

ORC – Ohio Revised Code

FLPA – Fair Labeling Packaging

Act

The principal display panel (PDP) is

that portion of the package label

that is most likely to be seen by the

consumer at the time of purchase.

Net Quantity of Contents – The term “NET WEIGHT” -

or an appropriate abbreviation - shall be used when

stating the Net Quantity of Contents in terms of weight.

The Net Quantity of Contents shall be declared in both the

U.S. Customary System and the SI (metric system). The

second declaration shall be stated parenthetically.

The quantity of contents shall be placed on the principal

display panel. It shall be within the bottom 30 percent of

the area of the label panel in lines that are generally

parallel to the bottom of the package as it is designed to

be displayed.

Note: Labeling requirements for Net Quantity of Contents

is under the purview of the ODA Division of Weights and

Measures. Local enforcement is provided by Weights and

Measures programs administered by the county Auditors’

throughout the State of Ohio.

Ref: CFR 21, Part 101.105

Ref: FLPA, Title 15 – Chapter 39, 1453(a) (2)

Cottage Food

Declaration – Food

products that are

manufactured in

compliance with

Ohio’s Cottage

Food Rules, must

bear the statement,

“This product is

home produced.”

The statement

means that the food

product was

produced in a

private home that is

not subject to

inspection by a food

regulatory authority.

Ref: ORC 3715.023