US: Food giants sign up to nutrition labels
By: just-food.com | 27 October 2008
US food manufacturers including ConAgra Foods and General Mills are introducing front-of-pack labelling in a bid to give consumers more nutritional information about what they eat.
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US food manufacturers including ConAgra Foods and General Mills are introducing front-of-pack labelling in a bid to give consumers more nutritional information about what they eat.
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