UK: Food labelling “confusing” – study
By: just-food.com | 30 September 2008
Nutritional food labelling is confusing and widely misunderstood, an independent study commissioned by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found.
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Nutritional food labelling is confusing and widely misunderstood, an independent study commissioned by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found.

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