MCIL Food Act 2015: Samoa nutrition label
MCIL Food Act 2015, the Samoan nutrition label under Food Act 2015 - MCIL / Codex CAC/GL 2-1985 aligned, 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml, English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against Food Act 2015 - MCIL / Codex CAC/GL 2-1985 aligned · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Samoa
Packaged food sold in Samoa must carry a nutrition declaration under Food Act 2015 - MCIL / Codex CAC/GL 2-1985 aligned. This page covers the Samoa - MCIL Food Act 2015 format: Codex CAC/GL 2-1985 baseline, English mandatory. A compliant Samoan 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 Samoan nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Samoa automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
Samoa food labelling requirements and legal framework
Samoa's food labelling rules are in the Food Act 2015 and the Food (Safety and Quality) Regulations 2017, both in force. The Regulations were signed on 3 October 2017, and their labelling provisions became mandatory after a 12-month commencement period. They apply to food produced, processed, distributed or sold in Samoa and to food imported or exported.
The Ministry of Health implements and enforces the Food Act. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) runs Samoa's Codex work and National Codex Committee, but Samoa's National Quality Policy confirms that issuing and enforcing food standards is the Ministry of Health's job.
Source: Food Act 2015, and Samoa National Quality Policy 2025 to 2030.
Mandatory information on a Samoa food label
For pre-packaged food, the Regulations make these mandatory:
- name of the food, showing its true nature;
- ingredient list in descending order of ingoing weight, except for single-ingredient foods;
- net contents or drained weight;
- manufacturer or importer name, address and contact details;
- lot identification, date marking, storage instructions and instructions for use;
- allergens by specific name: cereals containing gluten, crustacea, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk including lactose, tree nuts, and sulphite at 10 mg/kg or more; and
- words such as dried, concentrated, reconstituted or smoked near the name where needed to avoid misleading consumers.
Food packed at a customer's request in bakeries, butcher shops and restaurants has limited exemptions. Pre-packaged food sold by hawkers, street or market vendors needs at least the name, ingredients and manufacturer details.
Samoa nutrition label requirements
Under regulation 14, nutrition labelling is mandatory for pre-packaged food produced, packed, distributed or imported. The declaration covers energy, protein, carbohydrate, free sugars, total fat, saturated fat, fibre and sodium.
Energy is given in kcal or kJ, per 100 g, per 100 ml, per single-portion pack or per serving with serving details stated. Other nutrients are in grams, and sodium in milligrams (or milligrams and millimoles), which may also be shown as salt.
Vitamins and minerals, when declared, are shown in metric units or as a percentage of the Nutrient Reference Value. When a nutrition claim is made, the amount of the claimed nutrient is mandatory.
Source: Food (Safety and Quality) Regulations 2017, regulation 14.
Samoa food label language requirements and imported food
Mandatory label information must be in at least English or Samoan. A label does not have to be bilingual, but a label only in another language does not comply.
If an imported product's label is in neither English nor Samoan, relabelling or a supplementary label in English or Samoan is mandatory, and it must accurately reflect the original.
Under regulation 69, a food safety officer may allow rejected imports to be relabelled while detained. If relabelling is not done within three months of the detention report, or another period the officer sets, the food must be re-exported.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
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