Front-of-package nutrition labels need to be assessed on their nutrition science rigour
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The science on front-of-package food labels.
OBJECTIVE The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Institute of Medicine are currently investigating front-of-package (FOP) food labelling systems to provide science-based guidance to the food industry. The present paper reviews the literature on FOP labelling and supermarket shelf-labelling systems published or under review by February 2011 to inform current investigations and identify areas ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980018001155