Product Description
This CARICOM Regional Standard applies to the labelling of all pre-packaged foods to be offered to the consumer or for catering purposes.
This standard is not applicable to food:
a)sold unpackaged, or in an open or uncovered package;
b)weighed or measured in or counted into the package in the presence of the purchaser;
c)intended for export only, which comply with the requirements of standards or laws on labelling ofthe country to which they are being exported;
d)where any CARICOM Regional Standard for any class of food makes differing or supplementaryprovisions for labelling; and
NOTE: In such cases, the provisions of that CARICOM Regional Standard shall prevail over the provisions of this standard.
e)which is gift-wrapped.
