Guidance

Packaging and labelling: legal requirements for food businesses

Legal requirements that you have to follow as a food business.

• From: Food Standards Agency
• Published: 19 January 2018
• Last updated: 4 September 2026
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  1. 4 September 2026

     Updated referencing of retained law to assimilated law.

  2. 21 July 2026

     The title was changed to packaging and labelling: legal requirements for food businesses to ensure clarity for users on the intended audience.

  3. 19 January 2018

     Added translation

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

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Legal requirements that you have to follow as a food business.