Buyer guides
Everything we have written for buyers sourcing labels and packaging from China, grouped by the decision you are actually making. Written from the factory floor — including the parts that are not flattering to suppliers.
Labelling compliance
Food labelling for Hong Kong: the 1+7 panel
Two regimes on one pack — Schedule 3 basics (name, ingredients, date mark, storage, manufacturer details, net weight) and the mandatory 1+7 nutrition panel, plus language rules, the 200 cm² linear-format concession, exemptions and penalties.
Food labelling for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
Which language leads, how large the type must be, which licence numbers are required and whether over-stickering is allowed — a side-by-side comparison with a pre-shipment checklist.
Over-stickering imported food for Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong allows stick-on labels to remedy a non-compliant label; Macau allows Chinese, Portuguese or English but forbids obscuring existing particulars. Six mandatory fields, three placement rules, material and adhesive selection, and a pre-shipment checklist.
Allergen labelling in four markets
Hong Kong wants allergen names in the ingredient list, Singapore a headed list ordered by weight with new rules from 30 Jan 2026, Malaysia five groups under reg. 11(1)(ea), and Indonesia bold type plus a fixed Indonesian statement. Side-by-side table, shared-line wordings, press practice and a pre-shipment checklist.
Sourcing and verification
How to check a Chinese label factory is real
Equipment list, in-house finishing, a small test order, verifiable filings, and a live factory walk-through.
Five ways to verify a label supplier
Trading companies are not the problem — not knowing you are talking to one is. Five checks that settle it.
Printing and shipping
Roll label specifications: unwind, core, OD, gap and count
The six fields a roll label spec must state — unwind direction, core ID, roll OD and weight, gap and pitch, count and splices, sensing — plus changeover maths, per-language rolls and a copy-paste 12-line spec sheet.
Barcode labels that won't scan
Wrong symbology, X-dimension and quiet zones, reflective stock, ink spread — and what ISO/IEC 15416 grading actually measures. Plus a five-point pre-shipment checklist.
Export packaging that survives shipping
Stacking load and safety factor, ISTA / ASTM D4169 / GB-T 4857 tests buyers ask for, pallet patterns and container moisture control.
What to send us for a quotation
- Artwork (PDF / AI / CDR) or the wording and dimensions you need
- Material and finish — paper, synthetic, PP, foil, laminated, die-cut shape
- Quantity and whether you need rolls (automatic application) or sheets (hand applied)
- Target market and language versions, so the label fits the local rules
- Delivery city and deadline
We print in our own plant in Foshan, Guangdong — artwork, printing, die-cutting, slitting and rewinding under one roof. Send the five items above and you get a unit price and a lead time, normally the same working day.
Tel 180 1199 6161 | Email 189177122@qq.com