BBSQ / CRS 5:2010: Bahamas nutrition label
BBSQ / CRS 5:2010, the Bahamian nutrition label under CRS 5:2010 (adopted by BBSQ) - 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 BBSQ) - Labelling of pre-packaged foods · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in the Bahamas
Packaged food sold in the Bahamas must carry a nutrition declaration under CRS 5:2010 (adopted by BBSQ) - Labelling of pre-packaged foods. This page covers the Bahamas - BBSQ / CRS 5:2010 format: CARICOM Regional Standard via Bahamas Bureau of Standards. A compliant Bahamian 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. the Bahamas 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 Bahamian nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for the Bahamas automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
One standard, 7 markets
Bahamas 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 Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bahamas food labelling requirements under BBSQ
The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) lists BNS CRS 5:2010, Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, as a declared and published Bahamas National Standard. It covers prepackaged foods sold to consumers or caterers, but not food sold loose, packed in front of the buyer, or intended only for export.
BBSQ explains that standards are voluntary unless the Government makes them compulsory by law, regulation or order. Its public entry does not show BNS CRS 5:2010 as compulsory, so the standard is voluntary for general foods unless another law applies it.
At regional level, CROSQ has published a revised CRS 5:2024, but BBSQ still lists the 2010 edition for The Bahamas.
Source: BBSQ, BNS CRS 5:2010 Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, and BBSQ, Voluntary and compulsory standards.
Bahamas nutrition label status
The official sources do not confirm a mandatory nutrition panel on every prepackaged food in The Bahamas. BNS CRS 5:2010 is voluntary, and under it a nutrient declaration is triggered mainly by nutrition or health claims.
Misleading statements about a food's nutritional value are still prohibited under food legislation, so any nutrition claims must be accurate.
Source: BBSQ, BNS CRS 5:2010.
Bahamas food label language requirements
No general mandatory language rule for all prepackaged foods is confirmed in BBSQ's public material, although English, the official language, is used in practice.
Seafood is the clear exception. The Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) Regulations make English labelling mandatory on every seafood container, with other languages allowed in addition. These regulations also require product identity, net weight, processor details, country of origin, packing information, additives or preservatives, and ingredients on seafood containers.
Source: Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) Regulations.
Bahamas imported food labelling and responsible authorities
Imported prepackaged foods sold to Bahamian consumers fall within the scope of BNS CRS 5:2010 in the same way as local products. Any mandatory relabelling has to come from a compulsory standard, technical regulation or product-specific law.
BBSQ develops and publishes national standards under the Standards Act, which is in force. A standard becomes mandatory only once declared compulsory.
Food controls are shared: BBSQ names the Ministry of Health as the regulator of food establishments, and product rules such as the seafood regulations are enforced under food legislation.
Source: Standards Act.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
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