A survey of nutrition labelling on packaged foodstuffs sold in Malawi: Manufacturer practices and legislative issues

Food Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-438

  Kasapila, William ^a,b   Shaarani, Sharifudin Md ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Diet; Food market; Legislation; Nutrition labelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867610386     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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