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What about UPC Codes and Nutritional Facts on Labels?

What about UPC Codes and Nutritional Facts on Labels?
UPC Codes—these are not presently required by law, but most retailers want you to have them. Some will not accept your products without them. Below is the contact information for the Uniform Code Council, the non-profit organization set up to administer these codes.

Uniform Code Council
7887 Washington Village Drive, Suite 300
Dayton, OH 45459
937.435.3870-Telephone
937.435.7317-Fax
info@gs1us.org
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 6 PM EST Office Hours
http://www.gs1us.org/

Nutrition Labels
Everything you want to know about food and nutrition labels including who is required to use them, and who is not. To find out more about labeling requirements: Click here.

Small businesses, as most of you will start out as, are not required to carry the nutrition labels in certain cases. For more information, click here.

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Driving directions from I-40 west bound or east bound: Take Exit 44. At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp, turn right (south on 19/23). Go to the fourth traffic light and turn left on Sand Hill Road. Go to the second entrance on the left and turn into the campus. The Haynes Conference Center will be on your right and Blue Ridge Food Ventures in the Incubator Building on your left.
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AdvantageWest and Blue Ridge Food Ventures enabled me to turn my idea for a business into a reality. You rock!
Leslie Suber
Owner
Sadie’s Caribbean Fish Cakes
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Using Blue Ridge Food Ventures, I was able to move quickly to get my award-winning product from testing to full production in just a year.
Ricardo Fernandez
Owner
Chef Ricardo's Authentic Appalachian Tomato Sauces

Contact Info

Mary Lou Surgi , Executive Director
Blue Ridge Food Ventures
1461 Sand Hill Road
Candler, NC 28715

ph. 828-348-0128
fx. 828-348-0486
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