Guidance

Add non-compulsory information to beef and veal labelling

If you want to add extra information about your beef to product labels, you must make sure it meets current food labelling legislation.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Published: 1 April 2014

Applies to England

• Guidance for Northern Ireland
• Guidance for Scotland
• Guidance for Wales

All beef must be labelled with specific compulsory information. You can add extra information to your beef labels voluntarily, but you must make sure that any information added meets the requirements of the current food labelling legislation.

Get more advice

You can find information about this under ‘food labelling and packaging’. Or contact Trading Standards and Environmental Health, who overseen by the Food Standards Agency, enforce the general food labelling regulations. You can also email labelling@defra.gov.uk.

Published 1 April 2014