TTBS / CRS 5:2010: Trinidad and Tobago nutrition label
TTBS / CRS 5:2010, the Trinidad and Tobago nutrition label under CRS 5:2010 (adopted by TTBS) - Labelling of pre-packaged foods, 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 CRS 5:2010 (adopted by TTBS) - Labelling of pre-packaged foods · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Trinidad and Tobago
Packaged food sold in Trinidad and Tobago must carry a nutrition declaration under CRS 5:2010 (adopted by TTBS) - Labelling of pre-packaged foods. This page covers the Trinidad & Tobago - TTBS / CRS 5:2010 format: CARICOM Regional Standard via Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards. A compliant Trinidad and Tobago 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. Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and Tobago nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Trinidad and Tobago automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
One standard, 7 markets
Trinidad and Tobago 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, Jamaica, Suriname.
Trinidad & Tobago food labelling requirements
In Trinidad and Tobago the binding food label rules are in the Food and Drugs Act, Chapter 30:01, and the Food and Drugs Regulations, administered by the Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division of the Ministry of Health. Under Regulation 16, these are mandatory on packaged food, subject to listed exemptions:
- brand or trade name, common name and net contents;
- a complete ingredient list in descending order by weight, or the percentage of each ingredient;
- the manufacturer or preparer, and country of origin where required;
- added preservatives, colours and flavourings;
- an expiry date or other date mark;
- storage, preparation and safe-handling instructions where needed; and
- the batch or lot number.
All required information must be clear, prominent and easy for the buyer to see.
Source: Food and Drugs Act, Chapter 30:01 and Food and Drugs Regulations.
Trinidad & Tobago nutrition label and CRS 5:2010
The CARICOM standard CRS 5:2010, Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, makes a nutrient declaration mandatory only when a nutrition or health claim is made; otherwise it is voluntary. When given, it must include energy, protein, available carbohydrate, fat, saturated fat and total sugars, plus any nutrient that is the subject of a claim.
CROSQ has since published a revised regional standard, CRS 5:2024. National adoption of the revision should be checked before relying on its changes.
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards' compulsory standard TTCS 20:2023, Labelling of Goods, Prepackaged Goods, is in force but excludes food whose labelling is set by Ministry of Health regulations, so food labels follow the Food and Drugs Regulations, not TTCS 20.
Source: CROSQ, Standards catalogue, February 2026, and TTCS 20:2023.
Trinidad & Tobago food label language requirements
English is mandatory for the declarations required by Regulation 16. If a label was applied in a country whose official language is not English, the required declarations must still appear in English, on a panel other than the bottom of the pack.
That bottom-panel rule is specific to Trinidad and Tobago's regulations and does not appear in the general CARICOM standard.
Trinidad & Tobago imported food labelling and enforcement
Imported food must meet the same labelling rules before sale. Under section 32 of the Food and Drugs Act, imported food must also conform to the law of the country where it was made and carry the prescribed certification, which is mandatory unless the Regulations say otherwise.
The Ministry of Health's food inspection manual treats corrective relabelling, including an added label or sticker where appropriate, as a way to fix missing mandatory information before the product is released for sale.
Source: Ministry of Health, Risk-Based Food Inspection Manual, and Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
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