Mexico — NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (general labelling of prepackaged foods/beverages)
Primary source (first-hand, landed): *NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010* — General labelling specifications for prepackaged non-alcoholic foods and beverages (commercial and health information). Published in the *Diario Oficial de la Federación* on 5 April 2010. First-hand Spanish text obtained 2026-08-18 via Tavily server-side extract of the official .gob.mx republication (sitios.dif.gob.mx). This is the general labelling standard for prepackaged non-alcoholic foods and beverages — the category that includes prepackaged pet food. Verbatim Spanish excerpts (C1-checked) with English translation.
Key facts (verbatim Spanish + English translation)
- ES: "NORMA OFICIAL MEXICANA NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria." — EN: Official Mexican Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, general labelling specifications for prepackaged non-alcoholic foods and beverages — commercial and health information.
- ES: "Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria." — EN: general labelling specifications for prepackaged non-alcoholic foods and beverages — commercial and health information.
- ES: "Objetivo y campo de aplicación 2.- Referencias 3.- Definiciones, símbolos y abreviaturas 4.- Especificaciones 5.- Cálculos 6.- Declaración de propiedades 7.- Leyendas 8.- Verificación y vigilancia 9.- Evaluación de la conformidad 10.- Bibliografía 11.- Concordancia con Normas Internacionales" — EN: the standard's structure: objective and scope, references, definitions, specifications, calculations, nutrient-content claims, legends, verification and surveillance, conformity assessment, bibliography, and concordance with international standards.
- ES: "Lunes 5 de abril de 2010" — EN: Monday 5 April 2010 (date of publication in the Diario Oficial).
- ES: "Información comercial y sanitaria." — EN: commercial and health information.
Relevance to pet food
NOM-051 is Mexico's general labelling standard applicable to all prepackaged non-alcoholic foods and beverages, including prepackaged pet food as a prepackaged food. It sets out the commercial and health information that must appear on labels (product identity, net content, manufacturer/importer data, nutrition information, legends, and — under later amendments — front-of-pack warning labels). Pet-food-specific labelling is additionally governed by the sector standard NOM-062-ZOO-1999 (specifications for processed pet food), which was not obtained this session.
Honest gaps
- Only the title, the table of contents / structure, and the publication date are reproduced verbatim; the detailed labelling specifications (Articles 4–7) were not exhaustively quoted (Spanish text, 83 KB).
- The sector standard NOM-062-ZOO-1999 (processed pet food) was not obtained this session and remains pending.