Food export labeling guides

Guide EU food labeling rules for exporters A food label for the European Union and the UK needs a nutrition declaration per 100 g / 100 ml, an ingredient list with… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Austria German is the language your label must be in for Austria under the Union rule that applies directly in every member stat… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Belgium Belgium does not have one national label language -- it has three linguistic regions, and the language you must print de… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Bulgaria Bulgarian is the language your label must be in for Bulgaria under the Union rule that applies directly in every member … Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Croatia Croatian is required on a food label in Croatia, and it must be in LATIN script -- multilingual labelling is expressly p… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Cyprus Greek is the language to build to for Cyprus -- and this page names no Cypriot instrument, because the search that would… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Czechia Czech is mandatory for the required food information on any food placed on the Czech market — and failing to provide it … Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Denmark Danish is required on a food label in Denmark -- with a narrow allowance for a language differing from it only by insign… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Estonia Estonian is the default language for food information in Estonia — but the Toiduseadus carries the derogation inside the… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Finland Finland is a bilingual country, and in bilingual municipalities a food label must carry BOTH Finnish and Swedish — not o… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in France French is the language your label must be in for France under the Union rule that applies directly in every member state… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Germany German is mandatory on food labels in Germany — with one narrow derogation for food placed on the market in air traffic,… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Greece Greek is the language your label must be in for Greece -- and this page names no Greek national instrument, deliberately… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Hungary Hungarian is the language your label must be in for Hungary under the Union rule that applies directly in every member s… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Iceland Iceland has NO single mandatory label language -- Icelandic, English or a Nordic language other than Finnish will do. Ic… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Ireland English is sufficient for a food label in Ireland. Irish may be added but is not required -- and that honest answer is w… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Italy Italy's explicit Italian-language duty covers vending machines and non-prepacked foods. For prepacked foods the Union ru… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Latvia Latvian is the language your label must be in for Latvia under the Union rule that applies directly in every member stat… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Lithuania Lithuanian is the language your label must be in for Lithuania under the Union rule that applies directly in every membe… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Luxembourg Luxembourg accepts French, German or Luxembourgish -- at least one of them. English alone is never sufficient.… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Malta Malta accepts any ONE of Maltese, English or Italian on a food label -- an English pack is compliant without translation… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Norway Norway requires Norwegian on food labels -- and it reaches 1169 through the EEA Agreement rather than EU membership.… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Poland Polish is mandatory on food placed on the Polish market — with an express exemption for food intended for export, and a … Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Portugal Portuguese is the language your label must be in for Portugal under the Union rule that applies directly in every member… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Romania Romanian is the language your label must be in for Romania under the Union rule that applies directly in every member st… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Slovakia Slovakia requires labelling in the CODIFIED FORM of the state language — a specific legal standard, not simply 'Slovak' … Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Slovenia Slovenian is the language your label must be in for Slovenia under the Union rule that applies directly in every member … Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Spain Castilian Spanish is required across Spain -- and in Catalonia, Catalan is MANDATORY for designation-of-origin, quality-… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in Sweden Swedish is required on a food label in Sweden, and several languages may be combined on the same pack.… Read → Guide Food label language requirements in the Netherlands Dutch is the language your label must be in for the Netherlands under the Union rule that applies directly in every memb… Read →

Guide FDA Nutrition Facts format rules The 2016 Nutrition Facts final rule changed the format — bold Calories, Added Sugars, vitamin D and potassium — with 202… Read → Guide FDA added sugars labeling Added Sugars is a required Nutrition Facts line in grams and % Daily Value, indented under Total Sugars against a 50 g D… Read → Guide FDA allergen labeling requirements The 9 major food allergens FDA requires on the label, why sesame joined in 2023, and how to declare each one correctly.… Read → Guide FDA front-of-package nutrition labeling FDA's proposed Nutrition Info box would show saturated fat, sodium and added sugars with Low, Med or High on the front o… Read → Guide FDA serving size and RACC rules Serving sizes must reflect what people customarily eat, set by FDA's RACC values — plus when dual-column and single-serv… Read → Guide FDA small business labeling exemption Some packaged foods are exempt from the Nutrition Facts panel, including low-volume small businesses — but any claim on … Read → Guide Food export labeling requirements for the USA To sell packaged food in the United States, the label needs an FDA Nutrition Facts panel, an ingredient list, allergen d… Read →

Guide FSSAI allergen declaration requirements The allergens FSSAI requires you to declare on a food label — and how to name them in the ingredient list and a separate… Read → Guide FSSAI labelling for imported food An imported food sold in India carries the country of origin and the importer's details on top of the usual FSSAI partic… Read → Guide FSSAI labelling requirements for beverages Packaged beverages in India carry the general FSSAI declarations plus rules specific to caffeine, fruit content and wate… Read → Guide FSSAI labelling requirements for dairy products Milk and dairy products in India carry category-specific FSSAI rules on fat and composition, and — for plant-based produ… Read → Guide FSSAI labelling requirements for packaged food Every pre-packaged food sold in India must carry an FSSAI-compliant label under the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling… Read → Guide FSSAI labelling requirements for snacks & namkeen Packaged snacks and namkeen carry the general FSSAI declarations plus the trans-fat limit and, where it qualifies, the T… Read → Guide FSSAI nutrition label requirements The FSSAI nutrition panel for pre-packaged food — what must be declared, per 100 g / 100 ml and per serving, and the dra… Read → Guide FSSAI principal display panel (PDP) rules The principal display panel is the part of the pack intended or likely to be shown to the customer under normal conditio… Read → Guide FSSAI veg / non-veg mark rules Every pre-packaged food in India carries a vegetarian or non-vegetarian mark. Here is the exact FSSAI symbol, its size a… Read → Guide Food export compliance and labelling for Indian exporters Exporting food from India takes an Importer-Exporter Code, an FSSAI licence and, for some products, APEDA registration o… Read →

Guide Bilingual food labelling in Canada In Canada, mandatory label information must appear in both English and French, with extra French rules in Quebec under B… Read → Guide Canada Nutrition Facts table rules The bilingual Nutrition Facts table is required on most prepackaged foods and has used Health Canada's updated format si… Read → Guide Canada food allergen labelling Canada requires priority allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites to be declared in the ingredients or a bilingual … Read → Guide Canada front-of-package nutrition symbol Health Canada's black-and-white magnifying-glass symbol is mandatory since January 1, 2026 on foods high in saturated fa… Read → Guide Exporting food to Canada: labelling What a prepackaged food needs to be sold in Canada: bilingual labelling, metric net quantity and the front-of-package sy… Read →

Guide Arabic food labelling in the Gulf Arabic is mandatory on GCC food packs under GSO 9. What must appear in Arabic, and where English is allowed alongside it… Read → Guide GCC food allergen labelling Which allergens GCC labels must declare, in Arabic, following the Codex list — and why 'may contain' never replaces an i… Read → Guide GSO nutrition labelling (GCC) How to build a compliant GCC nutrition panel under GSO 2233 — per 100 g and per serving, with %NRV and the 2025 harmonis… Read → Guide Gulf (GCC) food labeling requirements for exporters Selling packaged food across the Gulf means a bilingual Arabic and English label in an accepted GSO layout, with the nut… Read → Guide Gulf production and expiry dates GCC packs must carry both a production and an expiry date under GSO 150 and GSO 9 — no re-stickering, plus the exemption… Read →

Guide PPDS food labelling in the UK (Natasha's Law) Food prepacked for direct sale must carry its name and a full ingredient list with the allergens emphasised, directly on… Read →

Guide CARICOM food labelling requirements (CRS 5) The Caribbean Community labels food to the regional standard CRS 5:2010, live in Jamaica — adopted member by member.… Read → Guide EAC food labelling requirements (EAS 38) The East African Community labels food to the standard EAS 38:2014, live across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda — eac… Read → Guide MERCOSUR food labelling requirements MERCOSUR (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) shares a bloc nutrition standard, but each member internalises it nat… Read →

Guide How to create a nutrition facts panel A nutrition facts panel is built from three things: the reference amount for your product category, the nutrient values … Read →