Label requirements · Türkiye

Türkiye label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Türkiye 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 Türkiye label must show

8 mandatory · 7 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Turkish text on the label — the mandatory particulars must be in Turkish (Article 18)
  • Net quantity (Net miktar / Net ağırlık / Net hacim — Article 9(1)(d))
  • Ingredients, in descending order of weight (İçindekiler)
  • Date: “Tavsiye edilen tüketim tarihi” (TETT, best before) or “Son tüketim tarihi” (STT, use by) — Article 27
  • Name or business name and address of the food business (Üretici / Üretim yeri / Firma)
  • Business registration or approval number (İşletme kayıt no. / Onay no.)
  • Lot number (Parti no. / Seri no.) — Article 11
  • Nutrition declaration: enerji (kJ / kcal), yağ, doymuş yağ, karbonhidrat, şekerler, protein, tuz per 100 g / 100 ml (Articles 35–37 — except Annex 14)

Only if it applies

  • Storage conditions (Muhafaza koşulları, Saklama)
  • Allergens (Annex 1) emphasised in the ingredients — “… içerir”, “eser miktarda … içerebilir”
  • Country of origin (Menşe ülke) — where leaving it out would mislead
  • Importer in Türkiye (İthalatçı) — imported goods
  • Directions for use (Kullanım talimatı)
  • Alcohol strength above 1.2 % (% vol, alkol)
  • If it says “Helal”: the logo and certificate number of a body accredited by HAK (Law 7060)

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in Turkish; the name of the food, the net quantity and the alcohol strength in the same field of vision; allergens in bold in the ingredients (TGK 2017, Articles 16, 24). The certifier’s helal logo is an image — it cannot be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Türkiye label must show

2 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Turkish text on the label — the mandatory particulars must be in Turkish (Article 18)
  • Name or business name and address of the food business (Üretici / Üretim yeri / Firma)

Only if it applies

  • Net quantity (Net miktar / Net ağırlık / Net hacim — Article 9(1)(d))
  • Country of origin (Menşe ülke) — where leaving it out would mislead
  • Importer in Türkiye (İthalatçı) — imported goods
  • Directions for use (Kullanım talimatı)
  • Warning (Uyarı, Dikkat)

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in Turkish; the name of the food, the net quantity and the alcohol strength in the same field of vision; allergens in bold in the ingredients (TGK 2017, Articles 16, 24). The certifier’s helal logo is an image — it cannot be found as text.

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