Label requirements · China

China label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in China must carry for food and drinks, other consumer goods, item by item, each with the law it comes from. Paste your label below: Drict shows what it found, on which line, and what is missing.

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Drict looks for the items each label law names, by key words. It is not legal advice and does not say a label is compliant: read the official text, and ask the authority or a specialist before you print.

Food and drinks — what a China label must show

9 mandatory · 4 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (净含量 / 净重) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • List of ingredients (配料 / 成分) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (生产者 / 生产商) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Production date (生产日期) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Expiry date (保质期 / 到期日) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Storage conditions (贮存条件 / 储存条件) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Food production licence number “SC” + 14 digits (食品生产许可证编号) — not needed on imports
  • Product standard code (产品标准代号 / 执行标准: GB, GB/T, Q/…)
  • Nutrition information (营养成分表 / 能量) — GB 7718 · GB 28050

Only if it applies

  • Name and address of the importer (进口商 / 代理商) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Origin (原产国 / 原产地) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Allergens (致敏物质 / 过敏原) — GB 7718 · GB 28050
  • Directions for use (食用方法 / 使用方法) — GB 7718 · GB 28050

Language: No Chinese found — labels sold in China must be in standard Chinese characters (GB 7718, 3.8); imports carry a Chinese label before customs clearance.

Check by eye: Name of the food: check it yourself — simplified Chinese, saying what the food truly is, on the principal display panel; the name and net quantity on the same panel. Characters at least 1.8 mm high when the principal panel is over 35 cm² (GB 7718, 3.9). The 营养成分表 table under GB 28050 (energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, sodium).

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Other consumer goods — what a China label must show

1 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (生产者 / 生产商) — GB 5296.1

Only if it applies

  • Net quantity (净含量 / 净重) — GB 5296.1
  • Origin (原产国 / 原产地) — GB 5296.1
  • Directions for use (食用方法 / 使用方法) — GB 5296.1
  • Warnings (警示 / 注意) — GB 5296.1
  • Name and address of the importer (进口商 / 代理商) — GB 5296.1

Language: No Chinese found — labels sold in China must be in standard Chinese characters (GB 7718, 3.8); imports carry a Chinese label before customs clearance.

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in the languages the law requires. Safety symbols, logos and certification marks are images — they cannot be found as text.

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