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Nearly 15 million Americans suffer from some sort of food allergy<\/a> – gluten intolerance, peanut, pine nut anaphylaxis \u2013 that includes 6 million children.<\/p>\n

Allergies in the U.S. are the 6th leading cause of chronic illness, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology<\/a>. Allergies impact everyday life and wellbeing, but also make grocery shopping and food preparation much more complicated.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has strict regulations regarding food labeling<\/a> and ingredients, so for food engineers and recipe-based manufacturers, a digital product data management system is essential for fast and easy documentation of all rule-consistent product information. Allergies and food intolerance make rule-consistent product labeling the highest possible priority.<\/p>\n

Nutritional values \u2013 a big challenge<\/h2>\n

Customer demands for transparency<\/a> can be quite challenging for most organizations. The sheer volume of data that is required for a completely transparent process \u2013 from research and development to marketplace \u2013 requires significant organizational, documentational and programming effort.<\/p>\n

Compliance<\/a> with global regulatory requirements and adherence to rule-consistent product information disclosure standards requires organizations in Europe to specify all required product information online as well. However, product recipes and production environments are constantly changing, requiring ongoing and comprehensive data updates.<\/p>\n

This is a significant use of resources \u2013 studies indicate that up to 50 percent of employee time is spent on data loading, maintenance and management. Manually entering new product information is highly susceptible to human error, requires time and elevates product cost, since inconsistencies occur throughout the process of generating large data volumes.<\/p>\n

The Big 7<\/h2>\n

Updated FDA labeling rules<\/a> recently went into effect. The changes include:<\/p>\n