Every label proof compared with the approved copy before it goes for sign-off.

Label copy passes through a lot of hands. A brand's regulatory or marketing team fills in a copy sheet, a designer sets it, your prepress team imposes it, and a new version arrives with a changed statement or a new flavor. Before the proof goes for sign-off, somebody has to read it against the copy that was approved and confirm nothing drifted between rounds.

For the test, AI reads copies of past proofs beside the approved copy sheet and drafts a difference list: every required statement by field, what changed since the previous proof, the barcode number as written, and anything on the proof the sheet doesn't have. Your reviewer, the prepress lead who knows this work best, compares each list with what your team and the customer actually caught.

Where a statement sits can matter as much as what it says. FDA's 21 CFR 101.2 makes the information panel the part of the label immediately to the right of the principal display panel, and keeps what appears there in one place with nothing between. Letters there must be at least one-sixteenth of an inch, with stated exemptions, and alternate front panels repeat the front-panel information. On a wrap-around label, which side counts as the right is a real question. The list names each statement and the panel where the proof puts it, beside where the copy sheet shows it. A line in another language can matter too, since 21 CFR 101.15(c) then asks for the required statements in that language. Placement calls stay with the customer, and none of this is legal or regulatory advice.

Meat labels add fields of their own. Under 9 CFR 317.2, the USDA rule for meat labels, the official inspection legend and establishment number are among the required features, and products sold only in Puerto Rico may use Spanish for everything except that legend. FSIS rules at 9 CFR 412.1 also say a sketch label may be a printer's proof, so a file your team sends can end up in front of the agency. The list tracks the legend and the establishment number as fields, whatever their format, and marks any claim wording that moved between proofs. Whether a claim needs FSIS review is the customer's decision, and this page isn't legal advice.

Chemical and pesticide labels are read as groups. OSHA's standard at 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(3) requires the signal word, hazard statements and pictograms to be located together, and its Appendix C says a pictogram appears only once on a label. EPA's rule at 40 CFR 156.10 reads an unqualified name and address as the producer, so another company's name takes wording like Packed for, Distributed by or Sold by. It puts the phrase EPA Est. ahead of the establishment number and sets required text at 6-point or larger. The list checks each of those lines against the customer's approved copy, grouped the way the sheet has them. Classification, the signal word and whether the copy is acceptable all remain the customer's, and we offer no regulatory advice on any of it.

A barcode is a number first, then an orientation. The list copies the digits printed with the symbol and compares them with the number on the copy sheet as written. GS1's General Specifications prefer picket fence orientation, with the bars perpendicular to the surface the package stands on, but say the printing process often decides, because some processes do better when the bars run in the web direction, and that the printing company should always be consulted. On a curved container, the ends of a symbol can disappear around the curve unless its size and the diameter fit. So the list flags an orientation that changed between proofs. It doesn't scan or grade a symbol; your prepress lead and verifier keep that job.

Between rounds, the risk is the change nobody asked for. A statement carried over from another SKU, a line moved, a number retyped. The list compares each proof with the last one as well as with the copy sheet, and shows both. Your reviewer checks whether it caught what your team and the customer caught, named each field properly and raised nothing that wasn't a real difference. Your customer still approves the proof and still owns the label's regulatory content.

After a yes, new proofs get the same list for roughly 30 days, before anything is sent for sign-off.

Your prepress lead decides what gets corrected, people send the proof, and your customer signs it. The AI marks nothing approved.

Anything further is its own decision, priced on its own.