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FDD + CARICOM CRS 5:2010: Guyana nutrition label

FDD + CARICOM CRS 5:2010, the Guyanese nutrition label under Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned), 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml, English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.

Reviewed against Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned) · Page updated August 16, 2026

Jurisdiction
Guyana (packaged food sold at retail)
Regulation
Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned)
Effective
1 January 2010
Official source
www.health.gov.gy
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Nutrition labelling requirements in Guyana

Packaged food sold in Guyana must carry a nutrition declaration under Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned). This page covers the Guyana - FDD + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 format: English Codex baseline via Food & Drug Department. A compliant Guyanese nutrition label declares 7 mandatory nutrients: energy, protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, total sugars and sodium. Values are declared per 100 g or 100 ml, with energy in kcal, and sodium rather than salt. The panel is headed "Nutrition Information". English is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. Guyana adopts CRS 5:2010 rather than writing its own labelling text, so a label built to that standard travels across every market that adopted it. NFL builds a print-ready Guyanese nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Guyana automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.

Official regulation

Citation
Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned)
Effective
1 January 2010
Scope
Guyana (packaged food sold at retail)
Source

Key facts

Mandatory nutrients (7)
Energy, Protein, Fat, Saturated fat, Carbohydrate, Total sugars and Sodium
Declaration basis
Per 100 g or 100 ml
Energy units
kcal
Sodium or salt
Declared as sodium, not salt
Panel heading
Nutrition Information
Label language
English required on pack
Front of pack
No mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme

One standard, 7 markets

Guyana applies CRS 5:2010, a harmonised standard adopted in full by 6 other markets. A label built to this standard is accepted in all of them, subject to each market's own language rules and its own enforcement body. The sibling markets are Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

How NFL handles it

  • Applies the correct rounding rules for every nutrient
  • Uses the right Daily Value / Reference Intake table for this jurisdiction
  • Renders the required front-of-pack warnings automatically when thresholds are hit
  • Handles multilingual labels where required (bilingual EN/FR, EN/ES, Arabic + EN, etc.)
  • Exports print-ready vector PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG, and EPS

Common questions

Is a nutrition declaration mandatory in Guyana?
Yes. Packaged food sold in Guyana must carry a nutrition declaration under Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned).
When did Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned) take effect?
Food and Drugs Act + CARICOM CRS 5:2010 (Codex-aligned) has applied since 1 January 2010.
Which label format does Guyana use?
Guyana uses the Guyana format. English Codex baseline via Food & Drug Department.

How to generate one

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  • Pick "Guyana - FDD + CARICOM CRS 5:2010" from the format rail
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  • The label renders live; export in one click

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