Trans and saturated fat on food labels in Canada: Fact or fiction?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-316

  Pantazopoulos, Peter ^a   Kwong, Keri ^a   Lillycrop, William ^a   Wong, Lynn ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Chalouh, Shirley ^a   Samadhin, Mark ^a   Nimal Ratnayake, W M ^b   Krenosky, Sara ^b   Dumais, Lydi ^b   L'Abbe, Mary R ^b,c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Nutritional Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy of nutrition labelling; Canadian food and drug regulations; Consumer use of labels; Nutrition facts table; Saturated fatty acids; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961175291     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404057     Document Type: Article

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