General food labelling Requirements

Question 1

Under what regulations are labelling requirements set out by?

Answer 1

FIC Regulation 2011

Question 2

What general food labelling requirements for packaged and non-packaged foods are laid out by FIC Regulations 2011.
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Answer 2

Information provided must be clear 
Information must be unambiguous 
Information must not be misleading 
Information must be easy to understand 
Information must be legible 
Information should be indelible 
Information must be in English and products must be labelled in both English and another language

Question 3

What does unambiguous mean?

Answer 3

This means that information is not open to more than one interpretation

Question 4

What does indelible mean?

Answer 4

This means that information is easy to see and not obscured in any way