JS CRS 5:2010: Jamaica nutrition label
JS CRS 5:2010, the Jamaican nutrition label under JS CRS 5:2010 (Affirmed 2017), 9 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against JS CRS 5:2010 (Affirmed 2017) · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Jamaica
Packaged food sold in Jamaica must carry a nutrition declaration under JS CRS 5:2010 (Affirmed 2017). This page covers the Jamaica - JS CRS 5:2010 format: CARICOM Regional Standard via Bureau of Standards Jamaica. A compliant Jamaican nutrition label declares 9 mandatory nutrients: energy, protein, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, carbohydrate, sugars, dietary fibre and 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 "Nutrition Information". English is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. Jamaica 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 Jamaican nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Jamaica automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
One standard, 7 markets
Jamaica 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, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaica food labelling requirements under JS CRS 5
Jamaica's compulsory standard for pre-packaged food labels is JS CRS 5:2010 (affirmed 2017), the national adoption of the CARICOM Regional Standard on labelling of pre-packaged foods, administered by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ). It is mandatory for pre-packaged foods offered to consumers or caterers.
It does not cover unpackaged foods, foods packed in front of the buyer, export-only foods that meet the destination's rules, or products covered by a more specific CARICOM standard.
CARICOM's standards body, CROSQ, has published a revised regional CRS 5:2024, but BSJ's catalogue and guidance still name JS CRS 5:2010 as Jamaica's compulsory standard, so the regional revision has not yet replaced it nationally.
Source: BSJ, Frequently requested standards, and CROSQ, Standards catalogue, February 2026.
What a Jamaican food label must show
BSJ's labelling guidance makes these mandatory:
- on the principal display panel: common name, brand name and net contents;
- name and identifiable address of the manufacturer, distributor or packer;
- country of origin;
- ingredients in decreasing order, by common, chemical or trade name, including additives (some by class and specific name);
- date mark and batch code; and
- instructions for use, handling or storage and precautionary statements where needed.
More specific Jamaican or CARICOM product standards can add or change requirements.
Source: BSJ, Guidelines for labelling.
English, units and imported food labels
English is mandatory; other languages may be added. The Standards (Labelling of Processed Food) Regulations also require English on processed food containers and ban false or misleading information.
Net quantity is mandatory, by volume, weight, length or count. Jamaica is not simply metric-only: the processed food regulations say that where weight or volume is in units other than Imperial, the Imperial equivalent, or another system BSJ approves in writing, must also be given, and US units must be identified as such.
Imported pre-packaged foods for the retail market need BSJ label approval before sale, which is mandatory, and the Ministry of Health and Wellness requires approval for importing foods regulated under the Food and Drugs Act. A non-compliant label should not be assumed fixable with a sticker; label approval should be obtained first.
Source: BSJ, Regulations under the Standards Act, and BSJ, Label assessment.
Nutrition panels and front-of-pack proposals
A Nutrition Facts panel is voluntary in Jamaica, according to both BSJ and the Ministry of Health and Wellness. If a processor chooses to include one, BSJ requires a nutrition analysis report from an established laboratory.
Front-of-pack "HIGH IN" warnings have been proposed but are not in force. The Ministry has publicly backed warnings for foods high in sugar, sodium or fats and described regulations as under development.
The regional route has also narrowed: CROSQ's catalogue states that CRS 5:2024 does not apply to front-of-package labelling, so earlier draft octagon provisions are not a requirement under CRS 5.
Source: Ministry of Health and Wellness, Food labelling in the battle against NCDs, and Ministry of Health and Wellness, Healthy eating.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
How NFL handles it
- Applies the correct rounding rules for every nutrient
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- Handles multilingual labels where required (bilingual EN/FR, EN/ES, Arabic + EN, etc.)
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