Label requirements · Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka label must show

7 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • List of ingredients (ingredients) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Origin (made in / product of) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Production date (date of manufacture / manufacturing date) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Expiry date (best before / use by) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Batch number (lot / batch) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022

Only if it applies

  • Name and address of the importer (imported by / importer) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Storage conditions (store in / store at) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Nutrition information (nutrition / energy) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Allergens (contains / allergen) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022

Language: No Sinhala found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 4). No Tamil found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 4). No English found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 4).

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in all three languages. The sugar colour code (red / amber / green) on drinks is an image — it cannot be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Sri Lanka label must show

1 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022

Only if it applies

  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Origin (made in / product of) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Warnings (warning / caution) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022
  • Name and address of the importer (imported by / importer) — Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022

Language: No Sinhala found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 4). No Tamil found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 4). No English found — labels sold in Sri Lanka must be in all three of Sinhala, Tamil and English (Regulations 2022, reg. 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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