Label requirements · Singapore

Singapore label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Singapore 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 Singapore label must show

4 mandatory · 6 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • List of ingredients (ingredients) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Origin (made in / product of) — Food Regulations, reg. 5

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (contains / allergen) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Name and address of the importer (imported by / importer) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Expiry date (best before / use by) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Storage conditions (store in / store at) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Nutrition information (nutrition / energy) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Food Regulations, reg. 5

Language: No English found — labels sold in Singapore are in English (Food Regulations, reg. 5(4)).

Check by eye: Name of the food: check it yourself — in English; the name and address of the Singapore manufacturer or importer. The Nutri-Grade mark (drinks graded C and D) is an image — it cannot be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Singapore label must show

1 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Food Regulations, reg. 5

Only if it applies

  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Origin (made in / product of) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Warnings (warning / caution) — Food Regulations, reg. 5
  • Name and address of the importer (imported by / importer) — Food Regulations, reg. 5

Language: No English found — labels sold in Singapore are in English (Food Regulations, reg. 5(4)).

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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