(1) MIE processors must submit a copy of the proposed ingredient label for each MIE to the department for approval. The proposed ingredient label may not be used without the department's written approval.

(2) MIE product labels must comply with the WSLCB's packaging and labeling requirements under chapter 314-55 WAC and, for the purposes of the MIE endorsement, additionally display:

(a) A statement of ingredients as specified under 21 C.F.R. 101.4 (2017). The ingredient statement must identify sulfites, if present, as required under 21 C.F.R. 101.100 (2017) and the names of Food and Drug Administration certified color additives such as FD&C Yellow 5 and the like, if present.

(b) Allergens (milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans) as specified under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-282, Title II).

(3) The following sample label illustrates the ingredient and allergen labeling requirements:

Ingredients: Brown Sugar (Sugar, Invert sugar, Cane molasses), All-purpose flour (Wheat flour, Niacin, Reduced iron, Thiamine mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic acid), Milk chocolate (Sugar, Whole milk powder, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Soy lecithin, Vanilla), Peanut Butter (Peanuts, Sugar, Molasses, Hydrogenated vegetable oil, Mono and diglycerides, Salt), Chopped Walnuts, Dextrose, Salt, Artificial Flavoring, Leavening (Sodium bicarbonate), Cannabis Extract.