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OCC (Codex): DRC nutrition label

OCC (Codex), the Congolese nutrition label under OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné), 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, French on pack. Generate a compliant label free.

Reviewed against OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné) · Page updated August 16, 2026

Jurisdiction
Democratic Republic of the Congo (packaged food sold at retail)
Regulation
OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné)
Effective
1 January 2015
Official source
www.occ.cd
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Nutrition labelling requirements in the DRC

Packaged food sold in the DRC must carry a nutrition declaration under OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné). This page covers the DRC - OCC (Codex) format: French per Office Congolais de Contrôle. A compliant Congolese nutrition label declares 7 mandatory nutrients: énergie, protéines, matières grasses, dont saturées, glucides, dont sucres and sodium. Values are declared per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, with energy in both kJ and kcal, and sodium rather than salt. The panel is headed "Information nutritionnelle". French is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. NFL builds a print-ready Congolese nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for the DRC automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.

Official regulation

Citation
OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné)
Effective
1 January 2015
Scope
Democratic Republic of the Congo (packaged food sold at retail)
Source

Key facts

Mandatory nutrients (7)
Énergie, Protéines, Matières grasses, dont saturées, Glucides, dont sucres and Sodium
Declaration basis
Per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required
Energy units
kJ and kcal, both required
Sodium or salt
Declared as sodium, not salt
Panel heading
Information nutritionnelle
Label language
French required on pack
Front of pack
No mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme

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 the DRC?
Yes. Packaged food sold in the DRC must carry a nutrition declaration under OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné).
When did OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné) take effect?
OCC - Étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées (Codex-aligné) has applied since 1 January 2015.
Which label format does the DRC use?
the DRC uses the DRC format. French per Office Congolais de Contrôle.

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  • Pick "DRC - OCC (Codex)" from the format rail
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