Health claims on food products in Southeast Asia: Regulatory frameworks, barriers, and opportunities

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 634-641

  Tan, Karin Y M ^a   van der Beek, Eline M ^b   Chan, M Y ^a   Zhao, Xuejun ^c   Stevenson, Leo ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Danone Research Centre for Specialised Nutrition   (Singapore)

^c Nutricia Early Life Nutrition (Shanghai) Co   (China)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food industry; Food trade; Health claims; Regulatory frameworks; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MARKET; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; ADVERTIZING; FOOD PACKAGING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES; THAILAND;

EID: 84949633734     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv029     Document Type: Article

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