BOBS (Food Control Act): Botswana nutrition label
BOBS (Food Control Act), the Botswanan nutrition label under Food Control Act + BOS labelling standards - BOBS, 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml, English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against Food Control Act + BOS labelling standards - BOBS · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Botswana
Packaged food sold in Botswana must carry a nutrition declaration under Food Control Act + BOS labelling standards - BOBS. This page covers the Botswana - BOBS (Food Control Act) format: SACU-style table via Botswana Bureau of Standards. A compliant Botswanan 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 both kcal and kJ, 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. NutritionFactLabel builds a print-ready Botswanan nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Botswana automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
Botswana food labelling requirements under the Food Control Act
Botswana's binding food label rules are the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods Regulations, S.I. 15 of 2003, made under the Food Control Act. They apply to prepackaged food imported, sold, distributed or made in Botswana, and food may not be sold unless its label complies.
Labels must not be false, misleading or deceptive, or cause confusion with another product. The Ministry of Health and Wellness directs manufacturers, packers, distributors, importers and suppliers to comply.
The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) standard BOS 546:2022 on labelling of prepackaged products is voluntary and expressly excludes food ingredient and nutrition declarations, so food labels are governed by the Regulations, not BOS 546.
Source: Ministry of Health and Wellness, Labelling of Prepackaged Foods Regulations, and BOBS, BOS 546:2022.
Mandatory information on a Botswana food label
The Regulations make these mandatory where they apply:
- a specific name showing the food's true nature;
- ingredients in descending order by mass, except single-ingredient foods, including functional additives;
- net contents in metric units, plus drained mass for food in liquid;
- name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, importer, exporter or supplier;
- country of origin;
- lot identification;
- date marking and storage instructions;
- instructions for use where needed;
- quantities of emphasised ingredients; and
- grade designation where the Government has set grades.
Allergens must be declared: gluten cereals, crustacea, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk including lactose, tree nuts, and sulphite at 10 mg/kg or more.
Botswana nutrition label requirements
The Regulations' general list does not include a nutrition panel, so one is not mandatory on every prepackaged food. Nutrition labelling rules apply where a food claims to be suitable for, or made for, a particular nutritional need.
BOS 546:2022 does not create a nutrition panel requirement either, as it excludes nutrition information.
Source: Food Control Act.
Botswana food label language requirements and imported food
Mandatory information may be in English or Setswana. If an imported product's label has neither, a supplementary label in English or Setswana is mandatory, and it must fully and accurately reflect the original.
The Regulations apply equally to imports, so a foreign label gets no exemption. For imported food, the address may be that of the manufacturer, supplier or importer, and country of origin must be shown.
Information must be conspicuous, indelible and legible, with the name and net contents in the same field of vision.
Source: Ministry of Health and Wellness, Labelling regulations notice.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
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