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Nutrition labelling of foods: comparisons between US regulations and Codex guidelines |
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| Authors: | Christine J Lewis Alan Randell F.Edward Scarbrough |
| Affiliation: | a Office of Food Labeling, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, USA b Food Quality and Standards Service, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agri-culture Organization, Rome, Italy |
| Abstract: | Nutrition labelling of food impacts not only on consumers and the food industry, but on international trade as well. When requirements for food label information are similar among countries, trade is facilitated. Comparisons between recent nutrition labelling regulations issued by the USA and the international guidelines formulated by Codex Alimentarius identify not only challenges to international harmonization that require focused efforts, but also opportunities for increasing international agreement on nutrition labelling. Factors to be considered are the continued benefits of a generalized Codex guideline as well as technical issues including analytical methods, nutrients to be declared, bases for declaration, and reference values. |
| Keywords: | food labelling harmonization Codex Alimentarius |
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