Confusion About Food Labels Leads to Waste, Possible Illnesses

Consumers often get confused by date labeling on food products, and end up either keeping spoiled food around too long, or throwing away perfectly good food unnecessarily -- costing us billions of dollars, experts say. In new a survey by the public health and safety organization NSF International, researchers found that people have trouble...

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Nutritional Labelling

The nutritional fact labeling (also known as the nutrition information panel, and various other slight variations) is required on most pre-packaged foods in North America, United Kingdom and other countries.  The Nutritional Labeling Act, initiated by Ministry of Health Malaysia in year 2003, states that food producers and importers...

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Reading Food Labels

When shopping for food, an easy way of checking whether food products are safe for you to eat is to read the label. This will give you a list of the ingredients in the product and also highlights any allergens present.  This video explains what information is on food products and how this can help you identify which foods are safe for...

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Many Food Labels Mislead Consumers

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on food manufacturers for misleading consumers about the nutrient content of their products on the front label of the packaging. An excerpts from the KUJH-TV Newscast produced by students at the William Allen White School of Journalism, University of Kansas, United States of Americ...

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Food Labeling Requirement in Malaysia (Part 1 of 6)

1.       All labels shall be durably marked on the material of the package or on material firmly attached to the package. 1.1    However if a package is made of clear transparent material, then the label can be placed directly inside the package provided: §  the food in the package is not ready...

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What Are the Key Characteristics of Good Product Labeling?

Based on World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) on their website, good labeling must cover 5 important areas, namely; Provide basic information The product label must state the brand name, the price, the standard certification or expiry date for food products and the name and address of the manufacturer. Details of the...

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The Importance of Reading Food Labels

The importance of reading food labels; from the author of Read It with a Grain of Salt - The Truth about Canadian Food Labels from an Industry Insider. Uploaded by Allison Jorgens on Youtube. ...

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Misleading Food Labels

We take a look at what's really in your shopping basket with many food labels causing confusion. Produced by Michael Pell, brought to you by Australia's No. 1 Breakfast Show, Sunrise (Channel 7). ...

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Food and Drink Giants Pledge More Action on Ads and Labeling

Food and drink companies across the world have pledged to be more transparent on their progress in phasing out advertising of high fat, salt or sugar foods to children and providing more consistent product labelling. At a gathering in Paris, the board of the Consumer Goods Forum, a network of 400 retailers and manufacturers from 70 countries,...

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FDA to tighten rules on GM tolerance thresholds

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday released three draft regulations governing the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which would lower the threshold of tolerance for authorized GMOs in non-GM foods from 5 percent to 3 percent. “Under the draft regulations, packaged foods containing GMOs or non-GM foods and ingredients...

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Are You Smarter Than A Food Label?

Spoof of the popular game show, this segment pits FDA's "Labelman" against a contestant in food label knowledge. Questions cover topics such as Calories, Serving Size, Servings per Container, The 5-20 Rule and more. Produced by CDRH-TV for CFSAN [vpfood]; uploaded by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). ...

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'Misleading' Label May Bring Coca-Cola in Court

Coca-Cola could face a trial over allegations of false advertising, after the US Supreme Court said the company sought to “mislead and trick consumers” by labelling as pomegranate-blueberry juice a product that contains just 0.5 per cent pomegranates and blueberries combined. Supreme Court justices voted unanimously to allow pomegranate growers...

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Decoding Product Labels

UNL Extension Turfgrass Specialist Roch Gaussoin talks about what to look for on product labels at the garden center. Sou...

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What Else is Fake in Our Food?

Extra virgin olive oil, haddock, organic eggs, vodka, saffron, tea and coffee. This is not a shopping list of products for a gourmet with expensive tastes, but a list of food that is most commonly doctored or fraudulently labelled, according to a recent European Parliamentary report into food safety. And now further evidence has come to light...

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Healthy Buzzwords on Junk Food Labels Trick Consumers

Buzzwords like “gluten-free,” “antioxidants” and “whole-grain” pepper the grocery store aisles, but do they really mean that such products are healthy? A recent study conducted at the University of Houston warns shoppers to proceed with caution. Researchers say these health-related euphemisms have a powerful impact on consumers and, in light...

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What Is Products Labeling?

Everyday in your life, you will deal with a lot of products. You wake up in King Koil bed, brush your teeth with Oral-B toothbrush and Colgate toothpaste and then drive to work in Proton Prevé. In order to be recognized, most of products will have their own label. Have you ever wonder, what is actually product labeling? According to Wikipedia,...

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