Regulating health claims on food labels using nutrient profiling: What will the proposed standard mean in the Australian supermarket?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2154-2161

  Hughes, Clare ^a   Wellard, Lyndal ^a   Lin, Jing ^b   Suen, Ka Lun ^b   Chapman, Kathy ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food labelling; Food regulation; Health claims; Nutrient profiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; DIET; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84902414806     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001200540X     Document Type: Review

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