Demonstrate+that+the+product+and+its+production+process+is+in+compliance+with+national+and+EU+labeling+legislation+and+food+safety+requirements


 * Demonstrate that the product and its production process is in compliance with national and EU labeling legislation and food safety requirements **

//__Product with national and EU labeling legislation and food safety requirement__//

For cereal and pulses green tea packaging process, it has been determined to ensure that the materials used for packing are safe for consumers although the materials are primary, secondary, and tertiary packages. Firstly, the filter paper used for tea bag is safe to be contact with tea. Secondly, the sachet, aluminum material used to provide the dry atmosphere that is proven to be non-toxicity a sachet. Lastly, the box which contains 20 tea bags sealed with thermo-plastic overwrapping will provide the proper condition during storing and distribution.

According to food standard agency, our product labeling is done under the rules and regulations of UK and EU labeling legislation. The rules and regulations indicate the important and essential facts and data that the manufacturer must clarify for the consumers which are the name of the food, the nutrition facts, minimum durability, storage condition, list of ingredients, instruction for use, exemption for certain requirements, manners of marking or labeling, misleading description, claim, distributors and manufacturers’ details, product identity barcode, expiry date and manufacturing date. Moreover, the health claim for labeling of our product must be capable of fulfilling the claim. The product must be labeled or marked with an indication of the particular aspects (Flowerdew, 1985).

**Name of the food**

The name of food product, Cereal and Pulse Green Tea is used to make the product precise that is the indication of true nature of the food. This name is sufficiently precise to inform the consumers who will realize that this product contains cereal and pulse those are brown rice and red bean respectively and the chrysantimum flower ingredient will be listed in the label containing in the package.

**List of ingredients**
 * Green tea leaves
 * Brown rice
 * Red bean
 * Chrysantimum flower

By including the word, ingredients, the list must be headed or preceded by and proper heading. The labeling could be the generic names those are green tea leaves, brown rice, red beans and chrysantimum flower. For the imported ingredient those are green tea leaves and chrysantimum flower, the manufacturer required to import from certified supplier that can provide the specific quality of the raw material. By using the word ‘best before’ followed by the date, month and year for the presenting on the package. Moreover, the appropriate storing condition must be included in the labeling that is ‘store in a cool dry place’. The approximate shelf life of the cereal and pulse green tea which is packed into the aluminum sachet is 6 months. For the label instruction, it will describe that put the tea bag into a cup then pour the boiled water and blend for 2 minutes after that put the flower into the cup for about 30 second.
 * Minimum durability**
 * Instruction for use**
 * Manner of marketing or labeling**

The product has been designed to meet the general requirement of the manner of labeling. Label is printed clearly on the package. Furthermore, this product has been labeled and easy to understand by the consumer clearly, legible and indelible. The product had been marked with the net quantity which appears in the same field of vision as the name of the food and indicate the minimum durability followed the intelligibility of a guide to the food regulation in the United Kingdom.
 * Misleading description**

For the product in compliance with food safety requirement, basic food such as flour, spices and beer were adulterated with cheaper ingredients in the past. Nowadays misdescription can take many forms. We focus on the case happened in the past about the misdescription on the substitution with the cheaper ingredients, incorrect origin, and incorrect quantitative declaration. Thus, our product is specified that the ingredients have the specific quality as stating on the qualifications (FSA, 2010). The label in the package will provide the information for the indication of the specific flavor which the product provide the variety of the aroma. There are roasting aroma from roasted brown rice and red bean, including the chrysantimum flower taste in the green tea based.
 * Claims - Guideline for health claims for the product**

With compliance of the national and EU legislation, the health claim labeling has been determined. Firstly, caffeine, there is the consumer’s concern on the pregnant who consume the caffeine. The average cup of normal green tea provides 20 mg of caffeine (Taylor, 2008). Allergy labeling – Gluten

The cereal which contributes to the formation of gluten network are being concerned by the consumers who suffered by coeliac disease and gluten intolerance. However, the research proves that consuming small amount of gluten will not cause severe symptoms. Thus, we determined the amount of gluten containing cereal and pulse per one tea bag to ensure that we could label the product as gluten free, referring to the FSA, and the manufacturers do not have to indicate the exact amount of gluten that is in the food on the label as the amount is very small. There are several gluten-free whole grain diets corn, oats, wild rice sorghum, millet and, brown rice. Especially for brown rice that is one of the ingredients (Pagano, 2006). Therefore we can claim that our cereal and pulse green tea product is free of gluten referred to the FSA.

//__Production line with national and EU labeling legislation and food safety requirement__//

For the basic requirement of food hygiene, our manufacturer follows the regulations by carrying on at sanitary permits which by our condition, situation, or construction that are not likely to cause contamination of food and the article or equipment used in contact with food are of such construction and material as to enable them to be thoroughly cleaned, preventing matters absorbed by them and preventing as far as possible for being contaminated. The European Union states that the technological feasibility, business operators must have in place systems and procedures which allow identification of the businesses from which and to which materials or articles and, where appropriate, substances or products covered by this Regulation and its implementing measures used in their manufacture are supplied. That information has to be made available to the competent authorities on demand (The European and Parliament of the council, 2004). Factory environment – in compliance with GMP, the HACCP for consistency of final product and the amount of each ingredient, food hygiene legislation affects all food businesses, including caterers, primary producers (such as farmers), manufacturers and retailers. The factors affected depend on the size and type of the business. Food safety requirement is examined by ISO 22000 and HACCP can be implemented with principle of ISO 9000 standard. The purpose of this task is to consult the ISO 22000 and any other UK and EU legislation and the degree of compliance with the production process has been determined. For the hygienic requirements, we determine the protection of food from risk of contamination. In estimating the risks, our manufacture assesses the whole process of food before distributing on sale to consumers that is since the natural state of food onwards to consumer’s hand. Furthermore, the person who is food-handling has to meet the standard requirements. The transportation’s condition when distributing the goods has to be appropriate in order to apply GMP, HACCP, and ISO 22000. All the details will be described in chapter 6 and 7. In conclusion, the manufacture is trying to improve the production process by selecting the desire raw material including appropriate process line condition regarding to the quality of product and provide the useful, precise information in the labeling for the consumers in order to guarantee to product safety for consumption before the product has been launch into the market in compliance with national and EU legislation.

**References**

FLOWERDEW, D.W. 1985. A guide to the food regulations in the United Kingdom. Surrey. The British food manufacturing industries research association. Food Standard agency. 2010. Labeling and packaging [online]. [Accessed 10 July 2011]. Available from: [|http://tna.europarchive.org/20100910172942/http://www.food.gov.uk/foodlabelling/] PAGANO, A.E. 2006. Whole Grain and the gluten-free diet. Practical gastroenterology [online]. [Accessed 15 July 2011]. Available from: [] TAYLOR, N. 2008. Green tea &caffeine [online]. [Accessed 28 July 2011]. Available from: []