Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Food Labeling

Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a food or its container or wrapper. The concept includes ingredients, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, directions, warnings, and other relevant information.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a food or its container or wrapper. The concept includes ingredients, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, directions, warnings, and other relevant information.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Food Labelling
  • Labeling, Food
  • Product Labeling, Food
  • Food Product Labeling
  • Labeling, Food Product
  • Labelling, Food
  • Nutrition Labeling
  • Labeling, Nutrition

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

MeSH Record

History Note

74

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. J01.576w.423w.850w.600.400
  2. J01.576w.761w.400.450

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WA 695

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Food Labeling. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005515. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005515
  2. Food Labeling. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55417228