Experience and reference of food traffic light signpost labeling system in United Kingdom

Authors

HUANG Ze-ying, Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081 , China

Abstract

The latest information and data of the traffic light signpost labeling system from the official website of British government were collected in this review. Moreover, the origin of the system, the content and format of the labeling, the steps of displaying the nutrition information of the labeling, and the implementation effect of the labeling system were expounded, and then its experience and deficiencies of this system were summarized. Finally, our study will help to enlighten the improvement of Chinese-specific FOP labeling system.

Publication Date

4-28-2020

First Page

1

Last Page

7

DOI

10.13652/j.issn.1003-5788.2020.04.001

Recommended Citation

Ze-ying, HUANG (2020) "Experience and reference of food traffic light signpost labeling system in United Kingdom," Food and Machinery: Vol. 36: Iss. 4, Article 1.
DOI: 10.13652/j.issn.1003-5788.2020.04.001
Available at: https://www.ifoodmm.cn/journal/vol36/iss4/1

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