Food Labeling

Northern Ireland: Divilly’s Recalls Divilly Brothers No Added Nitrite Crumbed Ham Over Undeclared Wheat (Gluten)

In May 2026 the UK Food Standards Agency issued a Northern Ireland-specific allergy alert recalling Divilly Brothers No Added Nitrite Crumbed Ham because it contains undeclared wheat (gluten). Food and retail businesses should ensure the affected 90 g batch is removed from sale, refund consumers, and check allergen labelling and recall controls to prevent similar non-compliance.

24 May 2026, 20:47food.gov.ukUnited Kingdom

California AB 2779 on Dietary Supplement Date Labelling Referred to Senate Agriculture Committee

California’s AB 2779, which would exempt dietary supplements from California’s upcoming uniform food date labelling rules, has advanced to the Senate Agriculture Committee following Assembly passage in May 2026. If enacted, the bill would remove dietary supplements from the scope of Section 82001 of the Food and Agricultural Code, easing label-change burdens for supplement manufacturers and retailers while leaving the new date-labelling regime in place for other foods.

23 May 2026, 08:55leginfo.legislature.ca.govUnited States

New Zealand WTO Addendum Extends Comment Deadline For FSANZ Health Star Rating Proposal P1067

A WTO Technical Barriers to Trade addendum for New Zealand corrects the comment deadline on FSANZ Proposal P1067 (mandatory Health Star Rating system) to 11 July 2026, extending the consultation window beyond the original June date. Food and beverage manufacturers and exporters now have additional time to coordinate submissions on the proposed mandatory front-of-pack labelling regime and should adjust internal timelines while monitoring for matching updates on FSANZ domestic channels.

22 May 2026, 18:57docs.wto.orgAustraliaNew Zealand

Estonia Updates Honey Composition and Origin Labelling Rules Effective 14 June 2026

Estonia has updated its honey composition, quality and origin labelling regulation under the Food Act, with the amended rules applying from 14 June 2026. Honey producers, importers and retailers must adjust formulations, labelling and traceability systems to meet detailed physicochemical criteria and granular multi-country origin disclosure requirements, using a short sell-through period for pre-existing stock.

21 May 2026, 15:51riigiteataja.eeEstonia

Delaware HB 396 Out Of Committee — Caffeine Disclosure Requirements For Retail Food Establishments

Delaware’s HB 396 has cleared committee and would require large retail food chains to add clear warnings on menus and third-party platforms for hand-crafted beverages containing high levels of caffeine, backed by modest fines for non-compliance. If enacted, this would force multi-location restaurant and café brands and their delivery-platform partners to quantify caffeine content, adjust menu labelling workflows, and monitor the bill’s progress toward a one-year post-enactment implementation.

21 May 2026, 06:39legis.delaware.govUnited States

Great Britain Updates Nutrition and Health Claims Register With Non-Authorised Claim for Green Kiwifruit Powder

On 19 May 2026, the UK Department of Health and Social Care updated the Great Britain nutrition and health claims register to add a non-authorised health claim (006UKNHCC) for green kiwifruit powder and to publish the register and annex in Excel format. This clarifies that the specified green kiwifruit powder claim cannot be used in Great Britain commercial communications and underlines that GB is actively maintaining a centralised, legally authoritative list of permitted and rejected nutrition and health claims for food marketing.

20 May 2026, 19:52gov.ukUnited Kingdom

Denmark Consults On EU Draft Amendments To Olive Oil Marketing Standards

The European Commission’s olive oil marketing and conformity-check regulations are being updated, and Denmark’s food authority is consulting stakeholders on the draft EU amendments until mid-June 2026. Producers and traders of monovarietal extra virgin olive oils should prepare for potential changes to sterol limits, labelling, traceability and control requirements across the EU market.

20 May 2026, 19:23hoeringsportalen.dkEuropean UnionDenmark

FSANZ Opens First Consultation on Mandatory Health Star Rating System (Proposal P1067)

FSANZ has launched a first public consultation on Proposal P1067 to assess mandating the Health Star Rating front-of-pack labelling system on most packaged foods sold in Australia and New Zealand, with submissions due in June 2026. If adopted, a mandatory HSR scheme would standardise nutrition labelling across the food supply, expand coverage beyond the current voluntary system, and require manufacturers and retailers to plan for future packaging, formulation, and labelling changes over a defined transition period.

20 May 2026, 19:19foodstandards.gov.auAustraliaNew Zealand

FSANZ Opens Consultation On Mandatory Health Star Rating System (P1067) For Australia And New Zealand

FSANZ has opened the first public consultation on Proposal P1067 to mandate Health Star Rating symbols on most packaged foods in Australia and New Zealand, with submissions due by 21 June 2026. If adopted, a mandatory, standardised HSR system would reshape front-of-pack nutrition labelling, requiring widespread label changes and creating new compliance and communication expectations for food and beverage manufacturers and retailers across both markets.

20 May 2026, 19:19foodstandards.gov.auAustraliaNew Zealand

Taiwan TFDA Issues Food Advertising Compliance Guidance

Taiwan’s TFDA has issued a detailed, non-binding Food Advertising Compliance Guidance clarifying how existing food safety and health food laws apply to advertising content across all media as of May 2026. Food manufacturers, importers, advertisers and retailers should use this guidance to tighten review of claims, high-risk phrases and promotional formats—especially for health foods, infant formula and children’s products—to reduce enforcement risk and align marketing with regulatory expectations.

20 May 2026, 07:14fda.gov.twTaiwan

European Commission Issues Detailed Opinion on Hungary Draft Beer Codex Amendment

In May 2026 the European Commission issued a detailed opinion on Hungary's draft amendment to its national food codex rules for beer, which would redefine beer categories and update quality and labelling requirements. The outcome will determine how beer placed on the Hungarian market must be formulated and labelled under EU food information rules, so manufacturers and importers should track potential adjustments before the standstill period ends and the measure can be adopted.

20 May 2026, 05:57technical-regulation-information-system.ec.europa.euHungaryEuropean Union

Greece EFET Orders Recalls of Paximadia Rusks and Apple–Cinnamon Strudels Over Allergen Labelling and Coumarin Limits

In May 2026, Greece’s food safety authority EFET ordered the recall of Kanelas Traditional Paximadia rusks and Strudito apple–cinnamon strudels after official controls found wheat allergen labelling failures and coumarin levels above legal limits. These enforcement actions highlight tighter scrutiny of allergen declarations and flavouring additives in bakery products, signalling that food manufacturers and importers must rigorously check labelling and formulation compliance for the Greek market.

19 May 2026, 21:10efet.grGreece

South Korea MFDS Consults On Draft Amendment To Food Labelling And Advertising Enforcement Decree

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has opened a consultation until 14 July 2026 on draft amendments to the enforcement decree under the Food Labelling and Advertising Act to tighten rules on food branding that resembles medicines. If adopted, the changes will force food and beverage companies to review product names and advertising that reference popular pharmaceuticals to avoid misclassification risks and potential enforcement action.

19 May 2026, 15:28mfds.go.krSouth Korea

Australia/New Zealand: FSANZ Abandons Proposal P1058 On 'Added Sugars' Nutrition Labelling

In March 2026, Food Standards Australia New Zealand decided not to proceed with Proposal P1058, abandoning plans to mandate 'added sugars' declarations in the Nutrition Information Panel for foods in Australia and New Zealand. This removes the prospect of near-term label redesigns for added-sugars data and signals that compliance efforts should stay focused on existing sugar labelling rules and other emerging initiatives such as Health Star Rating rather than preparing for a new NIP requirement.

19 May 2026, 08:29foodstandards.gov.auAustraliaNew Zealand

Minnesota Senate Advances Agriculture Policy Bill and PFAS-Focused ENRTF Appropriations

On 14 May 2026 the Minnesota Senate passed an omnibus agriculture policy bill tightening noxious weed controls, updating fertilizer and soil or plant amendment definitions and labelling, and adding cell-cultured food disclosure requirements, while also repassing a major Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund appropriations package with multiple PFAS and microplastics projects. These steps signal more stringent future oversight of agricultural inputs and emerging food technologies in Minnesota and sustained public investment in PFAS and microplastics monitoring and treatment, indicating growing medium-term compliance and disclosure expectations for agriculture, chemical, and food businesses operating in the state.

18 May 2026, 13:33senate.mnUnited States

US House Health Subcommittee Hears EWG Testimony on 'Healthier America' Food Safety Bills

In April 2026, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee heard Environmental Working Group testimony supporting a broad package of bills to tighten FDA oversight of food chemicals, labelling, and baby food safety. If enacted, these measures would significantly reshape US food chemical governance, accelerate phaseout of high‑risk substances such as PFAS and heavy metals from the food supply, and raise disclosure and testing expectations for food and consumer brands.

18 May 2026, 13:01docs.house.govUnited States

Swedish Food Agency Consults on Guidance for New Jam, Jelly and Marmalade Rules (LIVSFS 2025:6)

The Swedish Food Agency is consulting until 28 May 2026 on draft Kontrollwiki guidance explaining how to comply with new Swedish rules on the composition and labelling of jam, jelly and marmalade under LIVSFS 2025:6, which take effect on 14 June 2026. Producers should plan recipe and label changes to meet higher minimum fruit content and updated fruit-content declarations while using the transition period for existing stock and monitoring the final guidance text for any refinements.

14 May 2026, 19:08livsmedelsverket.seSweden

New Jersey Assembly Bill A5084 Would Require Labelling of Cell‑Cultivated Food

New Jersey lawmakers have filed Assembly Bill A5084 for the 2026–2027 session to require that foods containing animal cell-cultivated ingredients carry a clear label or indication of that content. If this proposal advances, food manufacturers and retailers selling into New Jersey may need to add state-specific "cell-cultivated" disclosures on packaging, menus, and point-of-sale materials to remain compliant with emerging labelling rules.

13 May 2026, 11:48njleg.state.nj.usUnited States

Ukraine: Order No. 203 Tightens Dietary Supplement Composition and Health-Claim Rules (In Force 17 April 2026)

In April 2026 Ukraine’s Ministry of Health brought into force Order No. 203, tightening the compositional, labelling and health-claim rules for dietary supplements and for the addition of vitamins, minerals and certain other substances to foods. Manufacturers and importers of supplements and fortified foods now face clear upper limits for key nutrients, new bans and restrictions on certain ingredients and stricter marketing constraints, requiring prompt reviews of product formulas, labelling and claims for all products placed on the Ukrainian market.

13 May 2026, 09:20zakon.rada.gov.uaUkraine

South Korea MFDS Consults on Adding Chicken to Children’s Favourite Foods Under Special Act Enforcement Decree

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has launched a May 2026 consultation on a draft amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Children’s Dietary Life Safety that would classify chicken as a ‘children’s favourite food’ subject to existing nutrition labelling and control requirements. If adopted, this would expand the scope of regulated children’s food products, so manufacturers and retailers selling chicken in Korea may need to review labelling, product formulation, and marketing practices to align with the tightened child-focused dietary safety regime.

11 May 2026, 11:34mfds.go.krSouth Korea