UPDATE: US: Food labels should focus on four elements - IOM
By: Ben Cooper | 13 October 2010
Food sold in the US should carry front-of-pack nutrition labels that focus on four elements - calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium - a leading health body said today (13 October).
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Food sold in the US should carry front-of-pack nutrition labels that focus on four elements - calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium - a leading health body said today (13 October).
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