General labelling guides
A guide to retail food labelling [PDF, 1 MB]
A guide to labelling food sold to caterers or food service businesses [PDF, 666 KB]
A guide to labelling food supplied to a food manufacturer or processor [PDF, 286 KB]
Allergen labelling - Knowing what’s in your food and how to label it [PDF, 673 KB]
Allergen labelling introduction video – Youtube
Allergens can kill – lives are in your hands [PDF, 483 KB]
Country of origin food labelling rules [PDF, 568 KB]
Product-specific guides
A guide to alcoholic drinks: what’s in them and how to label them [PDF, 873 KB]
A guide to New Zealand honey labelling [PDF, 343 KB]
A guide to Labelling Food Containing Hemp Seeds [PDF, 639 KB]
Kava: composition and labelling requirements
A guide to labelling flour fortified with folic acid [PDF, 380 KB]
Changes to rules around folic acid fortification of bread and flour guide [PDF, 415 KB]
Labelling and selling eggs in their shells (shell eggs) [PDF, 1 MB]
Labelling requirements for irradiated foods [PDF, 192 KB]
Labelling requirements for irradiated foods – Chinese language version [PDF, 882 KB]
Sulphur dioxide/sulphites in meat [PDF, 242 KB]
Supplemented food standard user guide [PDF, 670 KB]
Importing foods made with fortified ingredients into New Zealand [PDF, 720 KB]
Date labelling
How to Determine the Shelf Life of Food – Guidance [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Date Mark Alteration Application Form (2016) [PDF, 177 KB]
