Product labels in the food and beverage industry and automobiles are required to remain on a permanent basis. Besides identification which is a major purpose of labels they can also be used for furnishing usage instructions, promotional purposes, environmental adviceor warning notification. Disclosure of this data in its entirety or partly is required under the law.Ĭautionary labels are given for products or containers containing hazardous material. The information can be in the form of hand-written or printed text or symbols and gives details about manufacturer’s name, source of product, shelf-life, uses and the manner of disposal.
Labels are a means of identifying a product or container through a piece of fabric, paper, metal or plastic film onto which information about them is printed.
