Government and voluntary policies on nutrition labelling: A global overview

Innovations in Food Labelling

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-58

  Hawkes, Corinna ^a  

^a Food and Nutrition Policy   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY;

FOOD COMPANIES; FOOD INDUSTRIES; GRAPHICAL FORMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION TOOLS; MARKETING TOOLS; NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION; VOLUNTARY POLICY;

NUTRITION;

EID: 84885129773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845697594.37     Document Type: Chapter

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