Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling

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1、GUIDELINESONNUTRITIONLABELLINGCAC/GL2-1985PURPOSEOFTHEGUIDELINESToensurethatnutritionlabellingiseffective:•Inprovidingtheconsumerwithinformationaboutafoodsothatawisechoiceoffoodcanbemade;•inprovidingameansforconveyinginformationofthenutrientcontentofafoodonthelabel;•inencouraging

2、theuseofsoundnutritionprinciplesintheformulationoffoodswhichwouldbenefitpublichealth;•inprovidingtheopportunitytoincludesupplementarynutritioninformationonthelabel.Toensurethatnutritionlabellingdoesnotdescribeaproductorpresentinformationaboutitwhichisinanywayfalse,misleading,dece

3、ptiveorinsignificantinanymanner.Toensurethatnonutritionclaimismadewithoutnutritionlabelling.PRINCIPLESFORNUTRITIONLABELLINGA.Nutrientdeclaration–Informationsuppliedshouldbeforthepurposeofprovidingconsumerswithasuitableprofileofnutrientscontainedinthefoodandconsideredtobeofnutriti

4、onalimportance.Theinformationshouldnotleadconsumerstobelievethatthereisexactquantitativeknowledgeofwhatindividualsshouldeatinordertomaintainhealth,butrathertoconveyanunderstandingofthequantityofnutrientscontainedintheproduct.Amoreexactquantitativedelineationforindividualsisnotval

5、idbecausethereisnomeaningfulwayinwhichknowledgeaboutindividualrequirementscanbeusedinlabelling.B.Supplementarynutritioninformation–Thecontentofsupplementarynutritioninformationwillvaryfromonecountrytoanotherandwithinanycountryfromonetargetpopulationgrouptoanotheraccordingtotheedu

6、cationalpolicyofthecountryandtheneedsofthetargetgroups.C.Nutritionlabelling–Nutritionlabellingshouldnotdeliberatelyimplythatafoodwhichcarriessuchlabellinghasnecessarilyanynutritionaladvantageoverafoodwhichisnotsolabelled.1.SCOPE1.1Theseguidelinesrecommendproceduresforthenutrition

7、labellingoffoods.1.2Theseguidelinesapplytothenutritionlabellingofallfoods.Forfoodsforspecialdietaryuses,moredetailedprovisionsmaybedeveloped.2.DEFINITIONSForthepurposeoftheseguidelines:2.1Nutritionlabellingisadescriptionintendedtoinformtheconsumerofnutritionalpropertiesofafood.2.

8、2Nutritionlabellingconsistsoftwocomponen