Label requirements · Pakistan

Pakistan label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Pakistan 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 Pakistan label must show

8 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Urdu on the label — required on imported food (Import Policy Order 2022); the Punjab Food Authority accepts only Urdu or English
  • Net quantity in metric units (خالص وزن · Net weight — PS 1485)
  • Ingredients, heaviest first (اجزاء · Ingredients)
  • Name and address of the maker / packer (تیار کنندہ · Manufactured by)
  • Country of origin (ملک پیداوار · Made in / Country of origin)
  • Batch number (بیچ نمبر · Batch / Lot No.)
  • Manufacture and expiry dates (تاریخ تیاری · تاریخ اختتام — MFG / EXP)
  • Storage conditions (محفوظ کرنے کا طریقہ · Storage)

Only if it applies

  • Name and address of the importer in Pakistan (درآمد کنندہ · Imported by)
  • The halal certifier's logo — required on imported food (Import Policy Order 2022)
  • Nutrition facts (غذائی معلومات · Nutrition facts) — required with a nutrition claim
  • Allergens (الرجی · Allergens / Contains)
  • Directions (طریقہ استعمال · Directions)

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — Urdu and English printed on the pack (imported food may not be stickered — Import Policy Order 2022); the halal certifier's logo, the PFA logo and the PS mark are pictures — they cannot be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Pakistan label must show

3 mandatory · 6 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity in metric units (خالص وزن · Net weight — PS 1485)
  • Name and address of the maker / packer (تیار کنندہ · Manufactured by)
  • Country of origin (ملک پیداوار · Made in / Country of origin)

Only if it applies

  • Urdu on the label — required on imported food (Import Policy Order 2022); the Punjab Food Authority accepts only Urdu or English
  • Ingredients, heaviest first (اجزاء · Ingredients)
  • Directions (طریقہ استعمال · Directions)
  • Warning (احتیاط · Warning)
  • Manufacture and expiry dates (تاریخ تیاری · تاریخ اختتام — MFG / EXP)
  • Name and address of the importer in Pakistan (درآمد کنندہ · Imported by)

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — Urdu and English printed on the pack (imported food may not be stickered — Import Policy Order 2022); the halal certifier's logo, the PFA logo and the PS mark are pictures — they cannot be found as text.

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