Technical Guidance Notes on Nutrition Labelling and Nutrition Claims
INTRODUCTION
The Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) (Amendment: Requirements for Nutrition Labelling and Nutrition Claim) Regulation 2008
(“the Amendment Regulation”) signifies a new era of food labelling in Hong Kong. The Amendment Regulation introduces a Nutrition Labelling Scheme
(“the Scheme”) which covers two main types of nutrition information on food labels, namely nutrition labelling and nutrition claims.
2. In order to assist the trade to comply with the Scheme, the Centre for Food Safety (“CFS”) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
(“FEHD”) has prepared these Technical Guidance Notes to provide technical information on the Scheme and to answer some of the most frequently asked questions, which in turn offer guidance to the trade in formulating nutrition labels and making nutrition claims.
