Would improved food labelling requirements empower consumers to ‘fix’ the food system? Labelling is a ‘weak’ lever but it is also ‘the lowest common denominator’ to drive change, FoodNavigator hears.

Belgium academics have unveiled a new environmental labelling system that enables easy recognition of the degree of environmental sustainability of food and beverages at point of sale. The label, ...

A German regulator has taken over “market surveillance and abuse tracking” of nutritional-value labelling system Nutri-Score domestically. RAL gGmbH (RAL) will handle registration verification, the ...

Italy has ruled against the use of Nutri-Score, claiming the nutrition labelling system could be construed as misleading. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) said Nutri-Score may no longer be ...

SINGAPORE, 17 March 2023 – Singapore’s new mandatory labelling system—called Nutri-Grade (NG)—is likely to encourage consumers to purchase beverages with lower sugar content, suggests a trial by ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Food labels are intended to support healthy choices. But not all labelling schemes are equal. Australia currently uses a voluntary Health Star Rating system. Food ...

Siphiwe Dlamini receives funding from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Nutrition-related chronic diseases such ...

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has put forward a technical proposal for a harmonised labelling system ...