Making sense of the labelling quagmire
By: Helen Lewis | 6 June 2005
Traffic lights, GDAs, signposting - whatever format it takes in the end, front-of-pack nutritional labelling is something the UK's Food Standards Agency is desperate to introduce in a bid to encourage healthy eating. While some manufacturers have been keen to introduce their own labelling schemes, others have been waiting for the FSA to decide on a format, as Helen Lewis reports.
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Traffic lights, GDAs, signposting - whatever format it takes in the end, front-of-pack nutritional labelling is something the UK's Food Standards Agency is desperate to introduce in a bid to encourage healthy eating. While some manufacturers have been keen to introduce their own labelling schemes, others have been waiting for the FSA to decide on a format, as Helen Lewis reports.
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