One of the major challenges food companies from all over the world are facing nowadays is that of entering the global market. This is tightly related to the ability of a company to stand out for the quality of its own products, the production system, as well as the way of facing the market and informing the consumers. 

Those aspects, which are quite complex to deal with even in the domestic market, may become very difficult to manage when it comes to export products to foreign countries characterized by their own language, legislation and sales culture. Thanks to our expertise we are able to help you with the conformity of your labels, as well as their translation and effective communication, in accordance with the legislations of each target country and the principle “communicate, not just translate”.

Mérieux NutriSciences’ Labeling & Regulatory division is specialized in the creation and revision of food and non-food labels for over 60 countries worldwide, regulatory consulting and regulatory updates for food and non-food sectors; and its team of consultants is made up of experts in different disciplines with:

1) Legislative competences: our team includes people with a degree in law who are involved in monitoring the regulations (to check if there is any update or newly published law) and in providing specialized consulting upon specific questions of customers. They also deal with the assessment of the product and label conformity.

2) Linguistic competences: our division consists of consultants graduated in foreign languages, linguistic and translation, as well as native speakers of different languages. They are all involved in the product and label conformity, especially in the case of multi-country labels, and are specialized in the technical and legal translation of labeling texts according to the legal requirements of the target country.

3) Scientific competences: alongside legislative and linguistic experts, our team incorporates consultants specialised in technical and scientific disciplines, such as biotechnology, chemistry, pharmacy. They mainly take care of technical and scientific aspects of the product and label conformity and in particular of the nutrition facts panels for both domestic and foreign markets by proving the calculation/rounding of the values starting from lab analysis or scientific literature data. They also provide specialized consulting aimed at verifying the compliance of specific product parameters (hygiene-sanitary, chemical, physical, etc.) with the legal requirements of several countries, and work for the development and/or update of technical specifications of products (for both domestic and foreign markets).  

Download a brief description regarding legal, scientific and linguistic framework to have a general idea of 10 markets.