The The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) has issued the final draft CARICOM Regional Standard,  Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods – Specification (Revision) for voting.

This CARICOM Regional Standard is applicable to the labelling of all pre-packaged foods to be offered to the consumer or pre-packaged foods for catering purposes.

This standard is not applicable to food:

• Weighed or measured in or counted into the package in the presence of the purchaser or consumer;
• Intended for export only, which complies with the requirements of standards or laws on labelling of the country to which they are being exported.
• Repackaged from bulk at the place where the food is sold by retailer.