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NZFSA Food Labelling Guide
This guide sets out the detailed information on what a food label needs to include. Anyone who is developing or checking food labels using the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code might find this helpful.
The labelling guide applies only to food for sale in New Zealand. The guide consists of a series of tables and flowcharts. These have been designed to be worked through section by section to identify information that would be required on a product label.
The checklist provided in Section 15 enables a record to be kept of decisions made as you work through this guide. It might be helpful to print this out before starting. Alternatively, Section 15 is also available as a Microsoft Excel template that can be filled in electronically.
Whole document for downloading and printing -
Labelling Guide [
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Version Control and Introduction [PDF
351K
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- Section 1:
Labelling Overview [PDF
221K
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- Section 2:
Quality Marking [PDF
213K
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- Section 3:
Labelling Requirement [PDF
116K
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- Section 4:
Exempt Food [PDF
191K
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- Section 5:
Product-Specific Labelling [PDF
273K
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- Section 6:
Identification and Legibility [PDF
163K
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- Section 7:
Warning Statements [PDF
210K
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- Section 8:
Statement of Ingredients [PDF
294K
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- Section 9:
Date Marking [PDF
212K
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- Section 10:
Directions for use and Storage [PDF
195K
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- Section 11:
Nutrition Information [PDF
304K
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- Section 12:
Percentage Labelling [PDF
167K
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- Section 13:
Genetically Modified Food Declarations [PDF
211K
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- Section 14:
Irradiated Food Declarations [PDF
194K
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- Section 15:
Summary Checklist [PDF
220K
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- Section 15:
Summary Checklist [
XL
template] - Appendices:
Glossary [PDF
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