Nutrition and related claims used on packaged Australian foods - Implications for regulation

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-150

  Williams, Peter ^a   Yeatman, Heather ^a   Zakrzewski, Sally ^a   Aboozaid, Brooke ^a   Henshaw, Simon ^a   Ingram, Kendall ^a   Rankine, Alex ^a   Walcott, Sara ^a   Ghani, Fatima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANZFA; Australia; Food labelling; Food legislation; FSANZ; New zealand; Nutrient claims

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; MINERAL; SUGAR; VITAMIN; YOGHURT;

AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; CEREAL; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEAT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REVIEW; RICE;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 3042720706     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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