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Serving the Food Industry
Since 1972

PLC has grown from a small USDA label expediting service to the premier full-service label consulting company.  We offer the following family of services to food industry professionals:

Label Expediting Services

If you want timely USDA label approvals, you will need an expediter to submit your labels in person to the Labeling and Consumer Protection Staff in downtown Washington, D.C. With over 30 years of meeting with USDA officials to expedite our customers' labels, PLC has developed an excellent working relationship with the USDA and know what both our clients and the USDA look for in label approvals. We provide:

  • 3 level label audits in our DC offices - with Express, Priority and Standard services
  • Multiple visits every day to the USDA for label approvals
  • Child Nutrition labeling and approval
  • Generic label evaluations
  • Food technologists trained in label formulation and nutrition
  • Offices on Capitol Hill for the fastest possible access to USDA

Get faster and more accurate label approvals with the industry's largest and most qualified label expediting company. Download our order form, USDA Form 7234 & instructions, Temporary Approval form, or Power Tools for Labeling tips and fax/mail in your labels today!
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Temporary Approval
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Label Development Services
Label development services for USDA and FDA regulated foods assist your staff at any point in the development cycle. The services include:

  • Product name and formulation development
  • Computerized nutritional analysis
  • Nutrition Facts panel development
  • Health and Nutrition claims evaluation
  • Label content analysis and regulatory interpretation assistance
  • Government liaison
From product design to final compliance, Label Development Services let PLC’s regulatory experts and food technologists work hand-in-hand with your staff.

 

Label Audits

To ensure full compliance with the complex and myriad requirements of the FDA & USDA, PLC offers an auditing service which examines your labels and labeling practices for accuracy and efficiency. With the volume of labels we process each day, we can easily identify common errors and deficiencies often overlooked by food companies. We:

  • Review your labels for compliance & accuracy and identify non-compliant labels
  • Review your documentation and record-keeping procedures & recommend "best of breed" practices
  • Assess in-house skills and recommend specific training
  • Provide a detailed action plan identifying problems and suggesting solutions
  • Share expertise and labeling techniques onsite with your staff
  • Audits performed by a food technologist with plant experience

By eliminating prior label approval, the USDA is shifting compliance efforts to the food industry.  PLC's auditing services may help reduce the risk of your products coming under government scrutiny.

 

Label Outsourcing

Outsourcing is a service where PLC's labeling professionals can completely handle all your food labeling needs. If you are short of staff or lack the training to work on complex government requirements, we can become your extended food labeling staff - only when you need it. PLC has dealt with thousands of labels a year for over 30 years, and we can ensure high quality, cost-effective label compliance for your company. We provide:

  • Label formulation, naming, nutrition, claims & approval
  • An interface with your labeling, R&D, QA, marketing & graphics dept's
  • Dedicated food technologist as account manager
  • Complete electronic record of labels and approvals
  • Strict confidentiality

If you have a labeling staff, we’ll relieve it of dozens of time-consuming tasks. If you don’t have a labeling staff, we’ll become it! Add the experts at PLC to your labeling staff and save time and money!

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