{"id":18267,"date":"2024-08-19T13:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/?p=18267"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:28:37","slug":"for-voting-draft-caricom-regional-standard-for-labelling-of-prepackaged-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/2024\/08\/19\/for-voting-draft-caricom-regional-standard-for-labelling-of-prepackaged-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"For Voting: Draft CARICOM Regional Standard For Labelling of Prepackaged Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality has issued the following final draft voluntary standard for voting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GkM-oSc-_F6fX08kA8EpYjaeI6kOjStC\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FCRS 5:202x, <em>Labelling of Foods- Pre-packaged foods \u2013 Specification (Revision) <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(view only)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>This standard is not applicable to food:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>weighed or measured in or counted into the package in the presence of the purchaser or consumer;<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>repackaged from bulk at the place where the food is sold by retailer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Members of the public are invited to review and provide feedback, that is: <strong>acceptance \/ acceptance with comments \/ non-acceptance of the draft document<\/strong>.<br \/>\nPlease note that a technical justification is required for non-acceptance of the draft standard.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback on the standard is to be provided using the Comments Form below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/15aC7pHyWVyaw3B343M35oNIQQHNdQkkY?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comments Form (downloadable)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feedback is to be submitted to<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt\">adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt<\/a> <\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEADLINE: 10<sup>th<\/sup> September 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact Adrienne Stewart at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt\">adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt<\/a> <\/span>or (868) 662-8827 ext. 2048<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17230 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-1000x668.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pre-packaged-foods.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u2013 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: 10th September 2024 For further information, please contact Adrienne Stewart at adrienne.stewart@ttbs.org.tt or (868) 662-8827 ext. 2048<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crosq","category-standardization","category-standards-for-public-comment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18267"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18291,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18267\/revisions\/18291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}