The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) has published a draft Technical Regulation for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods. This Technical Regulation establishes the rules governing the labeling of prepackaged foods, their importation, production, and commercialization in Jamaica. The Technical Regulation establishes the following:

• This Technical Regulation is applicable to the labelling of all pre-packaged foods to be offered to the consumer or pre-packaged foods for catering purposes.
• This Technical Regulation specifies labelling requirements for fruit and vegetable juices and drinks, and fruit juices.
• This Technical Regulation specifies labelling requirements for brewery products.
• This Technical Regulation does not apply to Front of Package Labelling.
• This Technical Regulation does not apply to:
  a) fruit juices sold otherwise than in a container;
  b) fruit juices sold to a manufacturer for the purpose of his manufacturing business;
  c) fruit juices sold other than retail, in containers of more than 4.5L