India’s red hexagon may end up burning your plant’s “plate numbers”

The front-of-pack warning label isn’t a “design refresh.” It’s an annual changeover program—and only printers who can run multi-SKU revision ops can price proofing, approvals, and small-lot supply as BPO.

In India, a proposal to put a “red hexagon” on the front of food packages has surfaced. On the factory side, what follows isn’t a design debate. It’s operational hell: which SKU switches when, and from which plate number.

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India’s red hexagon may end up burning your plant’s “plate numbers”

In India, a proposal to put a red hexagon on the front of food packages has surfaced.

Reporting suggests the warning could cover labels such as HIGH FAT / HIGH SUGAR / HIGH SALT. There is also an explanation circulating that it would apply when two or more nutrients are “high.”…

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