For designers, the most complicated part of creating packaging was the type. There were books made with basic type that designers could purchase to be used in their designs.

The FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture can cause concern in the minds of food and drug manufacturers and co-packers. Although these government agencies might be considered demanding at times, they play an important role that ensures there are procedures to protect the safety of the American public. There is an overwhelming amount of project planning and sourcing that goes on in the background of developing a product. Packaging is a large part of that process, which is also highly regulated by the FDA and USDA. 

You want to move your product to market quickly? Save time and money? Where do you start? How do you choose the right designer? To answer those questions you need to understand the two key design roles involved in creating the perfect package: a packaging engineer and a graphic package designer.