Label requirements · India

India label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in India must carry for food and drink (fssai), other packaged goods (legal metrology), 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 drink (FSSAI) — what a India label must show

11 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (Net Quantity / Net Wt. / शुद्ध मात्रा — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(e))
  • Ingredients in descending order of weight (Ingredients / सामग्री — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(2))
  • Nutritional information per 100 g / 100 ml: energy (kcal), protein, carbohydrate, total sugars, added sugars, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(3))
  • % RDA per serve, on a 2000 kcal basis (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(3)(b))
  • Brand owner's name and complete address: Mfd. by / Mktd. by / Packed by (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(6))
  • FSSAI logo and the 14-digit licence number (Lic. No. — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(7))
  • Batch number (Batch No. / Lot No. — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(9))
  • Date of manufacture or packing and “Use by / Expiry” (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(10)) — “Best before” only in addition
  • “MRP ₹ … (inclusive of all taxes)” (LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(c))
  • Consumer care: name, address, telephone, e-mail (Consumer care — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(f))
  • With gluten, crustaceans, milk, egg, fish, nuts, soy, sulphite ≥ 10 mg/kg: a “Contains …” line (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(14))

Only if it applies

  • Unit price — ₹ per 1 g / 1 kg / 1 ml / 1 l / piece (Unit sale price — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(c), 2022; not when the MRP is already the price of one unit)
  • Imports: the importer's name and address in India (Imported by — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(6)(b))
  • Imports: country of origin (Country of origin — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(a), 2017)
  • Storage conditions where the date depends on them (Storage / भंडारण — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(10)(c))
  • Instructions for use (Instructions for use / उपयोग के लिए निर्देश)

Language: No English or Hindi found — goods sold in India are labelled in English or in Hindi in Devanagari (FSSAI 2020, reg. 4(5)).

Check by eye: Product name: check yourself — the FSSAI standard name if there is one, on the front. The Veg / Non-veg mark and FSSAI logo are pictures — not found by text: the mark on the main panel next to the name, the logo next to the licence number (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(4), 5(7)).

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Other packaged goods (Legal Metrology) — what a India label must show

5 mandatory · 6 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (Net Quantity / Net Wt. / शुद्ध मात्रा — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(e))
  • Brand owner's name and complete address: Mfd. by / Mktd. by / Packed by (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(6))
  • Month and year of manufacture (Month and year of manufacture — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(d))
  • “MRP ₹ … (inclusive of all taxes)” (LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(c))
  • Consumer care: name, address, telephone, e-mail (Consumer care — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(f))

Only if it applies

  • Unit price — ₹ per 1 g / 1 kg / 1 ml / 1 l / piece (Unit sale price — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(c), 2022; not when the MRP is already the price of one unit)
  • Imports: the importer's name and address in India (Imported by — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(6)(b))
  • Imports: country of origin (Country of origin — LM Rules 2011, rule 6(1)(a), 2017)
  • Ingredients in descending order of weight (Ingredients / सामग्री — FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(2))
  • Instructions for use (Instructions for use / उपयोग के लिए निर्देश)
  • Warning (Caution / Warning / चेतावनी)

Language: No English or Hindi found — goods sold in India are labelled in English or in Hindi in Devanagari (FSSAI 2020, reg. 4(5)).

Check by eye: Product name: check yourself — the FSSAI standard name if there is one, on the front. The Veg / Non-veg mark and FSSAI logo are pictures — not found by text: the mark on the main panel next to the name, the logo next to the licence number (FSSAI 2020, reg. 5(4), 5(7)).

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