Packaging Certification
Japan Identification Labeling: The Real Boundaries of Paper Marks, Plastic Marks, and Corrugated Box Marks
The requirement most often overlooked in Japanese orders is not Japanese-language labeling, but identification labeling ...
Packaging CertificationFrance’s Triman and Info-tri: 3 Real Compliance Boundaries—Le Point Vert Ban, Size Tiers, and Multi-Component Printing
After France’s AGEC law, the country replaced its entire packaging labeling system: Le Point Vert was explicitly prohibi...
Packaging CertificationEUDR's 3 Practical Boundaries for Printing Companies: Due Diligence Statement, Geolocation, and Pulp Origin Evidence for EU Orders
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) timeline has been postponed twice and is now final: it applies to large and mediu...
Packaging CertificationAustralia and New Zealand Food Label Allergens: 3 Practical Boundaries — Bold Declarations, Individual Tree Nuts, and the Sulphite Threshold: The 3 Data Sets Printers Should Request First for ANZ Orders
Australia and New Zealand maintain an independent food labelling regulatory system under the Australia New Zealand Food ...
Packaging CertificationGermany VerpackDG and LUCID Registration: 3 Real Boundaries for Service Packaging, Authorized Representatives, and Branded Printing — What Printers Should Request First for German Orders
From August 12, 2026, Germany’s Packaging Act Implementation Act (VerpackDG) will replace the former VerpackG, establish...
Packaging CertificationGS1 Digital Link 2D Barcodes: 3 Real Boundaries — GTIN-14, AI Batch Traceability, and Quiet Zone Dimensions | Which 3 Data Strings Should You Request Before Accepting a 'Scan to Jump to the Product Page' Order?
By 2027, GS1 Sunrise will migrate retail scanning from one-dimensional EAN-13 barcodes to two-dimensional barcodes. A QR...
Packaging CertificationEU GPSR General Product Safety Regulation: 3 Real Boundaries — EU Responsible Person / EU Economic Operator / Traceability Information: Which 3 Fields Should a Printing Factory Put on the Quotation First When Accepting EU Orders
After the GPSR took effect, EU importers began shifting responsibility back to Chinese printing factories, with the most...
Packaging CertificationThe Real Boundaries of FEFCO/ESBO Style Code 0201 Corrugated Export Boxes—and the 5 Fields Customers Often Omit When They Only Write “0201” The First 3 Questions a Printing Plant Should Ask When Receiving an Inquiry for Export Boxes
The most common line on an export box quotation is “per 0201.” But the four-digit FEFCO/ESBO code fixes only the box sty...
Packaging CertificationThree Real Printing Boundaries for Drug Packaging Materials in Joint Review and Registration: Registration Number / Status Identifiers A and I / Batch Traceability — What Should a Printing House Check First Upon Receiving a Pharmaceutical Packaging Order?
Since 2017, pharmaceutical packaging materials and containers that come into direct contact with drugs (pharmaceutical p...
Packaging CertificationThree Practical Boundaries of EAC Marking for the Eurasian Economic Union: Declarations of Conformity, Supporting Documents, and Marking Placement — What a Printer Should Request First for a Russian Order
Packaging marks for Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAC) are among the most common compliance traps in export or...
Packaging CertificationCanadian Bilingual Packaging Label Requirements: 3 Real Boundaries — French Version Length / Diacritic Characters / Responsibility Division | The 3 Places Printers Most Often Get Burned When Accepting Orders as Submitted
Canada is one of the few export markets that mandate mandatory English-French bilingual labeling for consumer products. ...
Packaging CertificationThe 3 Real Boundaries of Metrological Assurance for Prepackaged Goods—Net Content, Negative Deviation, and Absolute Value: Where Printers Most Often Go Wrong on “500g × 24 Bags” Orders
Quantitative packaged goods must do more than simply “contain enough”; they are subject to the measurement capability as...