The CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality has issued the following final draft voluntary standard for voting:

• FCRS 5:202x, Labelling of Foods- Pre-packaged foods – Specification (Revision) (view only)

This CARICOM Regional Standard is applicable to the labelling of all pre-packaged foods to be offered to the consumer or pre-packaged foods for catering purposes.

This standard is not applicable to food:

• weighed or measured in or counted into the package in the presence of the purchaser or consumer;
• intended for export only, which complies with the requirements of standards or laws on labelling of the country to which they are being exported; and
• repackaged from bulk at the place where the food is sold by retailer

Members of the public are invited to review and provide feedback, that is: acceptance / acceptance with comments / non-acceptance of the draft document.
Please note that a technical justification is required for non-acceptance of the draft standard.

Feedback on the standard is to be provided using the Comments Form below.

• Comments Form (downloadable)

Feedback is to be submitted to adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt .

DEADLINE: 10^th September 2024

For further information, please contact Adrienne Stewart at adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt or (868) 662-8827 ext. 2048