UK industry guidelines on nutrition labelling to benefit the consumer

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-28

  Sadler, Michèle ^a  

^a Institute of Grocery Distribution IGD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Labelling; Market research; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172578     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346659910247644     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Department of Health (1991), Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom, HMSO, London.
2. EC (1990), “Council Directive of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (90/496/EEC)”, Official Journal of the European Communities, Brussels, L276, pp. 40-44
3. Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (1995), Nutrition Labelling Study Report, Research Services Ltd, London.
4. Voluntary Nutrition Labelling Guidelines to Benefit the Consumer, and Packaging Legibility - Recommendations for Improvements are available from IGD.
5. Voluntary Nutrition Labelling - Research Findings, the full research report, is available from IGD - price £120.00 per copy.
6. Q&A for Industry - a leaflet explaining how to implement the guidelines is available from IGD.
7. Contact: Emma Lloyd, IGD, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Herts WD2 8DQ. Tel: 01923 857141/Fax: 01923 851936