Labelling guides

European Union

• GPSR label requirements: what must be printed on a product sold in the EUThe blocks Regulation (EU) 2023/988 puts on the product itself: manufacturer, responsible person, identifier and warnings, with the mistakes that get listings pulled.
• The EU responsible person on the label: who it is and what must be printedArticle 16 of Reg. 2023/988 and article 4 of Reg. 2019/1020 in plain terms: who can be named, what goes on the product, and what the operator actually has to do.
• Label translation: which languages an EU label really needsWhy member states decide the language, why machine translation fails on warnings, and how we fit 24 languages on one layout.

United Kingdom

• UK label requirements after Brexit: UKCA, the UK address and what changesGreat Britain left the EU product framework. What a label needs for the British market, what UKCA means today, and why Northern Ireland is different.

North America

• US labelling: country of origin, the FTC identity and net quantityWhat American law asks to see on an imported product: origin marking under 19 U.S.C. 1304, the responsible party, dual units and textile rules.
• Proposition 65 warning labels: wording, symbol and when they are neededThe Californian warning in practice: short form and long form, the yellow triangle, the chemicals that trigger it and the mistakes that make a warning useless.
• Canadian labelling: bilingual text, metric units and the dealer's identityThe Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act in practice: what must be in English and French, what metric means here, and what Quebec adds on top.

Asia Pacific

• Australian labelling: supplier identity, country of origin and measurementWhat the Australian Consumer Law and the measurement rules ask to see on an imported consumer product, and how New Zealand differs.

By product category

• Textile labelling in the EU: fibre composition, care symbols and originRegulation (EU) 1007/2011 on fibre names, what has to be permanent, and how care symbols and country of origin fit on the same tag.
• Toy labelling in the EU: CE, age warnings and the small parts pictogramDirective 2009/48/EC on the label: the CE mark, the 0-3 warning, traceability and the warnings that must be visible before purchase.
• Electrical products: CE, the crossed-out bin, voltage data and WEEEWhat must be marked on an electrical or electronic product sold in the EU, and where the environmental marks belong.
• Cosmetics labelling in the EU: responsible person, INCI, PAO and batchRegulation (EC) 1223/2009 on the container and the outer packaging, and why a QR code cannot replace any of it.

Marketplaces and production

• Amazon label compliance: why listings get suspended and what fixes themWhat marketplaces actually check on a product label, which fields they ask for, and how to prepare artwork that survives a review.
• Label artwork specifications: bleed, resolution, colour and minimum sizesThe print side of compliance: what we deliver, what your printer needs, and the legibility thresholds that decide whether a correct label is also a compliant one.
• QR codes on product labels: what they can legally do, and what they cannotWhere a data carrier is allowed to complement mandatory information, where it is forbidden to replace it, and how a permanent code keeps a printed label current.
• Product label compliance checklist for non-EU sellersA short, ordered check before a print run: identity, operator, identifier, warnings, marks, languages, proof and record.