Packaging Certification
3 Real Boundaries of PAO Symbol Printing on Cosmetic Packaging: 3 Cases Penalized for Sub-6mm Height
PAO (Period After Opening) is the easiest symbol for cosmetic packaging to trip up printers: insufficient 6mm figure hei...
Packaging CertificationThree Types of Actual Omissions in Contracts Between Printing Plants and Brand Owners—Three Clauses That Shift Liability to the Printing Plant Even When the Contract Clearly States Them
When a printing plant accepts a brand owner’s order, contracts often contain 3 types of overlooked issues: intellectual ...
Packaging CertificationThree overlooked gaps after the transition away from the QS mark for food packaging—three hidden risks in 2026 when printers receive new food orders but continue printing the old QS mark
After the QS mark was withdrawn in 2018 and replaced by the SC license, the old QS mark would occasionally still appear ...
Packaging Certification3 Types of Real Ledgers in a Printer's FSC Chain of Custody — 3 Books the Printer Opens for Clients Who Ask "Is This Batch of Paper Really FSC?"
FSC Chain of Custody (COC) auditors don't come to check how many sheets of FSC paper you printed, but to check whether y...
Packaging CertificationBRC Packaging Materials Certification for Printing Plants: 3 Blind Spots in Real Audits—What Auditors Check First Upon Entering the Workshop Is Not the Records, but the Trash Bins
In BRC Packaging Materials Global Standard, 6th Edition, auditors do not start by reviewing the systems posted on the wa...
Packaging CertificationFood Packaging GB 4806.10 Coating: 3 Types of Real Compliance—Print Shops Most Often Fail on 1 Item: Evaporation Residue When Taking "Coated Paper Box" Orders
Food packaging GB 4806.10 coating: 3 types of real compliance—print shops taking "coated paper box / coated plastic / co...
Packaging CertificationThree Blind Spots in the Real-World Implementation of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems at Packaging Printing Plants—The Certificate Is in Hand, But the Environmental Impact Assessment Inspector Will Still Ask to See Those Three Ledgers
Three Real-World Blind Spots in Implementing ISO 14001 Certification at Packaging Printing Plants—After Obtaining the Ce...
Packaging CertificationFour Types of Absolute Terms in Packaging Advertising—“100% Safe” and “Zero Risk”: A Practical Compliance Path for Printing Factories Drafting Copy on Behalf of Brands
Packaging Advertising Law: 4 Categories of Prohibited Terms (absolute language/medical efficacy claims/comparative dispa...
Packaging CertificationExport to UK: UKCA / UK Responsible Person 4 Real Compliance Scenarios — 3 Common Pitfalls for Printers 5 Years After Brexit
4 real compliance scenarios for exporting packaging to the UK (UKCA marking / UK Responsible Person / UKRP contract / cu...
Packaging CertificationFour Categories of High-Risk Labeling Under the Advertising Law for Packaging—Three Real-World Cases of Joint Liability Arising from a Printing Factory Drafting Copy on Behalf of a Brand Owner
Four categories of high-risk labeling claims under the Advertising Law (absolute claims / medical efficacy claims / unve...
Packaging CertificationGCC/GSO/SASO/G-Mark Compliance for Middle East Food Packaging: 4 Key Actions for Printers in the First Week of Receiving Saudi Orders
Four key compliance aspects for exporting food packaging to the Middle East (GCC/Gulf Cooperation Council, GSO/Standardi...
Packaging CertificationExporting Packaging to Japan: Practical Boundaries of 3 JIS Standards—Common Pitfalls in “Print Proofs” and “Test Reports” Requested by Japanese Printers
Chinese packaging exported to Japan must satisfy 3 types of JIS standards in addition to GB 4806: food contact JIS S 010...
