New features in the online product compliance tool

October 5th, 2012

An update has been made to the online system used to assess whether food products comply with the Choices Programme product criteria. The update includes features designed to improve user-friendliness and increase the system’s security.

The most important addition is the ‘Compliance check’ button, which allows participants to see whether the data they have filled in about their product complies with the criteria, prior to the normal certification process. The system does not change, as each participant still needs to submit an official validation request to receive a Choices certificate for its products. The advantage of the new feature however, is that it prevents the unnecessary rejection of products for certification, by allowing participants to correct errors such as spelling or typing mistakes that can sometimes hamper the process.

In addition, as the feature provides an overview of the compliance per relevant nutrient, participants can use it to determine the innovation potential of a product. Indeed, participants can quickly see which of a product’s nutrients are too high or too low in comparison to Choices criteria.