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What a label sold in Saudi Arabia · UAE 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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Food and drinks — what a Saudi Arabia · UAE label must show

9 mandatory · 4 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Arabic on the label — mandatory (SFDA.FD/GSO 9: the label in Arabic, any other language beside it and identical; UAE: Arabic, or Arabic with English)
  • Net quantity in metric units (الوزن الصافي · Net weight — GSO 9)
  • Ingredients in descending order of weight; the source of animal fats and gelatine (المكونات · Ingredients)
  • Name and address of the maker / packer (الشركة المصنعة · Manufactured by)
  • Country of origin — where the product was processed (بلد المنشأ · Country of origin)
  • Batch / lot number (رقم التشغيلة · Batch / Lot No.)
  • Production and expiry dates, plain, uncoded, never on a sticker (تاريخ الإنتاج · تاريخ الانتهاء — GSO 150)
  • Storage conditions (طريقة الحفظ · Storage)
  • Nutrition table (الحقائق التغذوية · Nutrition facts — GSO 2233 / SFDA.FD 2233)

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (يحتوي على · Contains / Allergens)
  • Name and address of the importer / distributor (المستورد · Imported by)
  • Directions for use (طريقة الاستعمال · Directions)
  • Halal mark of an accredited certifier (SFDA Halal Center in Saudi Arabia; a certifier approved in the UAE) — with meat or animal ingredients

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in Arabic, saying what the product truly is, in a prominent place; English, if any, sits beside it and says the same. Production and expiry dates are printed or embossed at the factory, never on a sticker (GSO 150); the halal logo is a picture — it can’t be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Saudi Arabia · UAE label must show

4 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Arabic on the label — mandatory (SFDA.FD/GSO 9: the label in Arabic, any other language beside it and identical; UAE: Arabic, or Arabic with English)
  • Net quantity in metric units (الوزن الصافي · Net weight — GSO 9)
  • Name and address of the maker / packer (الشركة المصنعة · Manufactured by)
  • Country of origin — where the product was processed (بلد المنشأ · Country of origin)

Only if it applies

  • Ingredients in descending order of weight; the source of animal fats and gelatine (المكونات · Ingredients)
  • Directions for use (طريقة الاستعمال · Directions)
  • Warning (تحذير · Warning)
  • Production and expiry dates, plain, uncoded, never on a sticker (تاريخ الإنتاج · تاريخ الانتهاء — GSO 150)
  • Name and address of the importer / distributor (المستورد · Imported by)

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in Arabic, saying what the product truly is, in a prominent place; English, if any, sits beside it and says the same. Production and expiry dates are printed or embossed at the factory, never on a sticker (GSO 150); the halal logo is a picture — it can’t be found as text.

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