PFA / PSQCA: Pakistan nutrition label
PFA / PSQCA, the Pakistani nutrition label under Punjab Pure Food Regulations 2018 + PSQCA PS 1485, 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, Urdu and English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against Punjab Pure Food Regulations 2018 + PSQCA PS 1485 · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Pakistan
Packaged food sold in Pakistan must carry a nutrition declaration under Punjab Pure Food Regulations 2018 + PSQCA PS 1485. This page covers the Pakistan - PFA / PSQCA format: Urdu + English bilingual per Punjab Food Authority + PSQCA PS 1485. A compliant Pakistani nutrition label declares 7 mandatory nutrients: توانائی / energy, پروٹین / protein, چکنائی / fat, سیرشدہ چکنائی / sat. fat, نشاستہ / carbohydrate, شکر / sugars and سوڈیم / sodium. Values are declared per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, with energy in kcal, and sodium rather than salt. The panel is headed "غذائی معلومات / Nutrition Information". Urdu and English must both appear on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. NutritionFactLabel builds a print-ready Pakistani nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Pakistan automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
Pakistan food labelling: provincial food authorities and PSQCA
Food labelling in Pakistan works on two levels. Food safety and labelling at retail are regulated by provincial food authorities, such as the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), whose Punjab Pure Food Regulations, 2018 are mandatory for pre-packed food sold in Punjab. At federal level, the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) maintains Pakistan Standards and a compulsory certification scheme for listed products.
PSQCA's catalogue marks the old labelling standard, PS 1485-1994, as withdrawn. The current references are PS CXS 1-2021, General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, and PS/CAC/GL-2-2021, Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling, both adopted from Codex.
PSQCA certification is mandatory only for products on its compulsory list, which names categories such as biscuits, edible oils, bottled drinking water, carbonated drinks and milk powder. It is not a blanket requirement for every food.
Source: Punjab Pure Food Regulations, 2018, and PSQCA, Agriculture and food division standards.
What a packaged food label must show in Punjab
Under the Punjab Pure Food Regulations, these are mandatory where they apply:
- clearly legible, prominent label statements;
- the packer, labeller or manufacturer with a full business address, and for imports also the foreign manufacturer or agent, the Pakistani importer's name and address, and the country of origin;
- ingredients by their proper names, in descending order by mass;
- net quantity, excluding packaging;
- a batch, lot or code number; and
- date marking for specified foods, with manufacturing date and expiry or best-before date, plus storage directions where the date depends on them.
Product-specific rules add more, for example Urdu or bilingual statements for infant formula and certain dairy products.
Source: Punjab Pure Food Regulations, 2018.
Nutrition labelling in Punjab
The Punjab Pure Food Regulations make a nutrition declaration mandatory on product labels within their scope. It must give energy in kcal and/or kJ, and protein, carbohydrate and fat per 100 g or 100 ml of the food as sold.
Micronutrients, including vitamins and minerals, are also declared on the same basis. For products prepared according to label instructions, the information also covers the food ready for use.
Values per 100 kcal or 100 kJ may be added voluntarily. Infant foods, fortified foods and other specially regulated categories have extra nutrition and composition statements.
Source: Punjab Pure Food Regulations, 2018.
Imported food: Urdu and English, halal and PSQCA
For imported edible products, the federal Import Policy Order, 2022 (S.R.O. 545(I)/2022) makes Urdu and English mandatory on the consumer pack for ingredients and product details, such as nutritional facts and usage instructions.
This information, and the logo of the halal certification body, must be printed on the packaging; stickers, overprinting, stamps or scratched labels are not accepted. The Order also sets halal documentation and minimum remaining shelf-life conditions for imported food.
PSQCA conformity is also mandatory if the product falls under a compulsory Pakistan Standard, so importers should check the compulsory list by product category.
Source: Import Policy Order, 2022, Ministry of Commerce, and PSQCA, List of compulsory items.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
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