Label requirements · Mexico

Mexico label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Mexico 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 Mexico label must show

7 mandatory · 4 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (contenido neto / peso neto) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • List of ingredients (ingredientes) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / elaborado por) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Origin (hecho en / producto de) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Batch number (lote) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Expiry date (consumir preferentemente / fecha de caducidad) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Nutrition information (informacion nutricional / declaracion nutrimental) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (contiene / alergenos) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Name and address of the importer (importado por / importador) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Storage conditions (conservar / conservacion) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010
  • Directions for use (modo de empleo / instrucciones) — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010

Language: No Spanish found — labels sold in Mexico must be in Spanish (NOM-051, 4.1.1).

Check by eye: Name of the food: check it yourself — in Spanish. The octagonal “sellos” (EXCESO CALORÍAS, AZÚCARES, SODIO…) and the caffeine / sweetener warnings are images — place them in the upper right of the principal display panel, at the size of NOM-051 table 6.

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Other consumer goods — what a Mexico label must show

3 mandatory · 3 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / elaborado por) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004
  • Net quantity (contenido neto / peso neto) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004
  • Origin (hecho en / producto de) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004

Only if it applies

  • Name and address of the importer (importado por / importador) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004
  • Directions for use (modo de empleo / instrucciones) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004
  • Warnings (advertencia / precaucion) — NOM-050-SCFI-2004

Language: No Spanish found — labels on consumer goods sold in Mexico must be in Spanish (NOM-050-SCFI-2004, 4.1).

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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