The Standards (Technical Regulations) (Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods) Regulations. Statutory Instrument no. 33 of 2021.

This Technical Regulation, prepared and issued by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), applies to the labelling of all pre-packaged foods for the consumer or for catering purposes, follows the CODEX Alimentarius Standard for labelling of pre-packaged foods, and concerns alcoholic beverages, contaminants, dietary fibre, food, food additive, food for special dietary uses, food for catering purposes, health claim, labelling, nutrient, nutrition declaration, sugars. The Regulation provides for: general principles; general requirements concerning labelling; name of the food; list of ingredients; declaration of ingredients known to cause hypersensitivity, including: cereals, crustaceans, eggs, fish products, peanuts, milk products, nuts products; list of food additives; net content and drained weight; date marking and storage instructions; quantitative labelling of ingredients; artificial foods; irradiated foods; organically produced foods; presentation of labelling information.