Extension of Nutri-Grade Labelling Requirements to further categories in Singapore

The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Singapore announced on April 6 that it will extend Nutri-Grade labelling requirements beyond beverages, which have already been subject to the measures, to include prepacked salt, sauces, seasonings, instant noodles, and cooking oil (hereafter: SSSIO) starting from mid-2027. Nutri-Grade labelling is an initiative that evaluates products based on the… more »

Proposed amendments to prohibited claims for FFC, and Review of labelling rules for individual food items originating from former Food Sanitation Act (Japan)

On June 13, 2025, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) announced the launch of a public comment period on the Cabinet Office Ordinance (Draft) to partially amend the Food Labelling Standards (Japanese). For Foods with Functional Claims (FFC)*, the use of wording that highlight ingredients other than functional ingredients (with some exceptions) is prohibited. The proposed… more »

Amendment to Guidelines for setting date labelling on foods (Japan)

In March 2025, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) amended the Guidelines for setting date labelling on foods (Japanese). This update stems from the Policy package toward achieving food loss reduction targets (December 2023) (Japanese), which called for a review of the previous guidelines (February 2005) (Japanese) to examine current practices for determining date labelling and… more »