Gradation of solutions in food labelling?<\/p>\n
The increased burden of obesity and other diet-related diseases all around the world,
\nconcomitant with the industrialization and globalization of the food chain, pushed
\nmany public health authorities to regulating the information delivered to the final
\nconsumer through food labelling, at least for pre-packed foods. The three papers in
\nthis issue of the Global F&V Newsletter illustrate different aspects of the topic ranging
\nfrom factual (neutral) information, still very diverse despite the efforts of the Codex
\nCommission towards international harmonization (Padilla), the proposal of Front-ofpack
\nsynthetic notation of food nutritional quality on the basis of nutrient profiling
\n(Julia), to the suggestion of more stringent regulation of nutritional aspects of some
\ntypes of food promotions (Jahns). Though all these aspects still require more research
\nto better refine the definition of healthy diets and the characterization of the nutritional
\nquality of a given food, public health managers should not wait for a definitive scientific
\nanswer (which likely will never exist) about what could be the best and the most
\nefficient tool: there is currently enough available knowledge (as shown in this issue as
\nexamples) in many countries to already implement reasonably improved regulations
\nin food labelling\/promotion beside neutral basic information… with a reasonably
\nexpected efficiency if they are part of a more global nutrition-health policy.<\/p>\n","auteur":null},"elements_rattaches":false},"yoast_head":"\n