Danie van der Lith AS SOUTH Africa observes National Child Protection Week from May 29 to June 5, the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) is sounding the alarm on a silent but deadly threat to children’s ...

Citizens suggest carbon labels on advertised products could help consumers make better decisions.

Though excessive salt consumption, particularly from processed packaged foods (PPFs), is contributing to an alarming rise in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases across Bangladesh, no stronger ...

the House of Lords Food, Diet, and Obesity Committee last month called for more effective, transparent strategies to address the UK’s rising obesity crisis. One of the key HFSS successes was the ...

The French labelling system has been gaining traction across Europe, and is already in place in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. SHUTTERSTOCK/Markus Mainka.

In 2019, the FSSAI’s draft regulations for a traffic light labelling system were postponed for further consultation due to intense opposition from the country’s food sector.

and in the final version they had this reduced sugar claim and a Nutri-score label. Nutri-score is traffic light food nutrition system, like that used in the UK. It ranks on a scale of five ...

In line with globally recommended practices to reduce the dietary risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the Sri Lankan government implemented a traffic-light labelling (TLL) system for sugar ...

Traffic light nutrition labels slapped on the front of biscuits ... The UK's colour code system asses food on four categories, qualities fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt.

A new traffic light food labelling system, designed to help consumers make more environmentally conscious shopping decisions, will be trialled in the UK this autumn. The eco-labelling scheme has been ...