Free SA-specific labelling compliance checklist covering R146 (active) and the R3337 draft changes — warning labels, HFSS thresholds, allergen disclosures, front-of-pack changes. Built by operators of a live FSMS.
Instant PDF • No credit card • Takes 30 secondsMost free food-labelling templates online are written for the US or EU market. South Africa runs its own regulation (R146, 2010), with a major draft amendment in the pipeline (R3337, 2023). The rules are different — language requirements, allergen declaration format, date-marking vocabulary, NRV values, HFSS thresholds. This checklist is built for SA.
Both the currently-enforced R146 AND the proposed R3337 changes. Prepare for what's enforced today AND what's coming — before your retailer asks for compliance upfront.
Language requirements (English + one official). Official SA allergen wording. NRV values from Annexure 6 of R146. SA-specific date-marking format. Not a copy-paste from the EU 1169 / FDA template.
Go Lucky Free Range operates a full FSMS including our own label compliance review. Every crate gets a batch-traced label. We use this checklist. You can too.
Mandatory label content (name, ingredients, allergens, net mass, manufacturer, country of origin, date marking). 14 allergens declared in prescribed format. Nutritional labelling with Nutrient Reference Values. Language: English + one other official SA language. Claims (nutrient, health, organic, GMO-free) under strict conditions.
Mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Labels (FOPWL) for HFSS foods — High Fat, Sugar, Salt — Chile/Mexico-style black triangles. Marketing restrictions on HFSS foods to children. Stricter rules on health claims. Revised allergen format. Expected to replace R146 once promulgated; final regulation number may still change.
Until R3337 is promulgated (expected but not scheduled), you must comply with R146. But prepare for R3337 now — especially if your product is high in fat, sugar or salt. New label artwork takes months; warning triangles are non-trivial redesigns.
Download it, tick what's already on your label artwork, flag what's missing. Use it as your working gap analysis before your next retailer listing or packaging print run.
Label artwork mistakes cost tens of thousands of rands in reprints and retailer rejections. Go Lucky offers labelling review + FSMS consulting — we'll walk your label, flag gaps, draft the corrections, and if you want: implement our FSMS app so compliance runs digitally from that point on.
Getting a compliant SA food label to market touches design, legal, nutrition, print and testing. These are the supplier categories Go Lucky uses or has vetted — shared in case they're useful for your project too.
Designers who understand SA mandatory content, language rules, and R3337 warning triangles.
View supplier →Recipe-to-label nutrition tables with SA NRV values and HFSS threshold checks.
View supplier →Shelf-life testing, nutrition analysis, allergen testing, microbiological work.
View supplier →Food-safe printers familiar with SA regulatory artwork and retailer-ready file specs.
View supplier →For complex claims substantiation, reformulation to exit HFSS triggers, R3337 readiness.
View supplier →Food business insurance with product recall cover — critical for labelling errors.
View supplier →If we're fully booked or your product complexity needs a specialist food technologist, we partner with a vetted network of pr.Sci.Nat.-registered consultants for overflow. Same R146 + R3337 framework.
Request a referral →A self-paced online course walking through every R146 mandatory section + R3337 warning label model, with downloadable templates for artwork briefs, nutrition table spreadsheets, and HFSS checkers. Join the waitlist for early-bird pricing.
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