Labels overview
The Labels area is where SafetyBrik prints the two kinds of food labels the FSA expects you to produce on demand: PPDS labels for prepacked-for-direct-sale items, and date labels for use-by, defrost-by, and opened-on stock control.
You will find both at /safety/labels, organised as two tabs on the same page.
Why labels live in SafetyBrik
Printing a label is a food-safety act. Whether you are putting a "use by Friday" sticker on a bain of opened cooked chicken, or fixing a Natasha's-Law ingredients label to a sandwich on the grab-and-go fridge, the inspector who turns up the next day judges that label against the SFBB pack. Keeping the printing surface inside SafetyBrik means:
- The data on the label is the same data that already drives your allergen matrix and your safe methods.
- Every PPDS label printed leaves a tamper-evident audit row, so an EHO can trace any label in your bin back to who printed it, when, and against which version of the recipe.
- The same renderer powers both label types - if you change preset, brand, or print provider later, both flows pick the change up at once.
What you can print
| Label type | What it is | Page |
|---|---|---|
| PPDS labels | Natasha's-Law-compliant ingredient labels for items prepacked on site for direct sale. Allergens emphasised in bold; full compound-ingredient breakdown. | PPDS labels |
| Date labels | Use-by, defrost-by, and opened-on stickers for stock control. Printable from web and the Team App. | Date labels |
Print presets
Both label types share the same renderer and the same preset library. A preset bundles paper size, label-per-sheet layout, and font metrics so the PDF that comes back from SafetyBrik prints cleanly without manual scaling. Avery sheets are supported today; Sunmi V2 handheld branded printing is on the roadmap (see the release notes for status).
Audit trail
PPDS labels are recorded in safety.ppds_labels_printed - one row per copy, capturing the recipe (or manual item), preset, font size, who printed it, when, and a best-effort link to the rendered PDF in storage. The audit row is committed before the PDF is uploaded, so the legal evidence is always present even if storage is briefly unavailable.
Date labels do not currently write a per-print audit row - they are an operational artifact, not a regulated declaration.
Cross-references
- PPDS labels - Natasha's-Law-compliant ingredient labels.
- Date labels - use-by, defrost-by, opened-on.
- Allergen matrix - the consolidated allergen view that PPDS labels are derived from.
- CostingBrik allergens - where supplier-level declarations are made.